Women in ancient Rome it more praiseworthy to be a good husband than a good senator." A man of status during the Roman Republic was expected to behave moderately toward his wife and to define himself as a good husband. Wife beating was sufficient grounds for divorce or other legal action against the husband. Domestic abuse enters the historical record mainly when it involves the egregious excesses of the elite. The Emperor Nero was alleged to have had his first wife (and stepsister) Claudia Octavia murdered, after subjecting her to torture and imprisonment. Nero then married his pregnant mistress Poppaea Sabina, whom he kicked
Sabina Mugabe 2008. According to then President Mugabe, he visited her prior to her death and was told that one-third of her brain had been damaged by the stroke. Sabina Mugabe died in Harare on 29 July 2010, aged 75, following a long illness. She was survived by her brother Robert and sister Bridgette, her four sons Leo Mugabe, Kevin Mugabe, Patrick and Robert Zhuwao and several grandchildren. Sabina Mugabe Sabina Gabriel Mugabe (14 October 1934 – 29 July 2010) was a Zimbabwean politician. She was the younger sister of the former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe. Sabina Mugabe was born on 14