Poppaea Sabina TV series "I, Claudius", Poppaea was played by Sally Bazely. In "Quo vadis", an international TV mini-series from 1985 based upon a novel by 19th-century Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poppaea was portrayed by Cristina Raines. Kara Tointon played Poppaea in 2003's "Boudica", also known as "Warrior Queen" in the United States. Poppaea is portrayed by Catherine McCormack in the 2006 BBC docu-drama "". In this interpretation, she is kicked to death by Nero after offhandedly and uncritically mentioning a minor glitch during his performance at the Quinquennial Neronia. Her corpse is later shown mounted on display. Rachel Yakar plays the
Poppaea Sabina imperial palace guardsman Lucius Aelius Sejanus ruined him before gaining public office. Titus Ollius was from Picenum (modern Marche and Abruzzo, Italy) and he was an unknown minor character in imperial politics. Titus Ollius died in 31. Poppaea Sabina the Elder, her mother, was a distinguished woman, whom Tacitus praises as wealthy and "the loveliest woman of her day". In 47, she committed suicide as an innocent victim of the intrigues of the Roman Empress Valeria Messalina, having been charged with having committed adultery with former consul Decimus Valerius Asiaticus. The father of Poppaea Sabina the Elder was Gaius Poppaeus