Nero to Tacitus, the source of conflict between Nero and his mother was Nero's affair with Poppaea Sabina. In "Histories" Tacitus writes that the affair began while Poppaea was still married to Rufrius Crispinus, but in his later work "Annals" Tacitus says Poppaea was married to Otho when the affair began. In "Annals" Tacitus writes that Agrippina opposed Nero's affair with Poppaea because of her affection for his wife Octavia. Anthony Barrett writes that Tacitus' account in "Annals" "suggests that Poppaea's challenge drove [Nero] over the brink." A number of modern historians have noted that Agrippina's death would not have offered
Assabe and Sabina Assabe and Sabina Assabe and Sabina was a regionally popular Pennsylvania German dialect radio program that was broadcast from radio station WSAN in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the United States from 1944 until 1955. The show centered on the relationship between "Der Assabe Mumbauer", a Pennsylvania German farmer, and his wife, "Die Sabina Mumbauer". The character of Assabe was a "humorous prankster who frequently was in difficulty with his wife or with his neighbors." Lloyd A. Moll created the program, and played the role of "Der Assabe" until his death, just a few weeks after the show's launch. Dr. Harry Hess