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Synonyms for apicata or Related words with apicata
oberthueri
distinguenda
gerstaecker
bifasciata
hampsoni
annulicornis
zerny
draudt
pictipennis
powelli
inquinata
laticornis
hypocrita
alluaudi
gibeaux
rectilineata
flavipennis
obscurata
rectilinea
leraut
costimacula
aegrota
latipennis
dohrni
dichromia
dentifera
alpheraky
distincta
strigata
distorta
brunnealis
fervida
klapperichi
wallengren
seminigra
morosa
rambur
huebneri
viidalepp
fruhstorferi
jaennicke
varipes
filicornis
flavicosta
consimilis
fumipennis
pangrapta
liturata
mecodina
violovitsh
Examples of "apicata"
Crassispira
apicata
is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Darantasia
apicata
is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Megachile
apicata
is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Smith in 1853.
Species found in the United States include "C.
apicata
", "C. jellisoni", "C. phobifer", "C. pratti", and "C. trompe".
Nupserha
apicata
is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fairmaire in 1891.
Coelioxys
apicata
is a species of leaf-cutting bee in the genus "Coelioxys", of the family Megachilidae.
After
Apicata
had borne him three children, Sejanus divorced her in the year 23, when it seemed he might need to marry his lover and co-conspirator Livilla, the wife of Drusus Julius Caesar (son of Tiberius), and a woman of higher social rank than
Apicata
. Drusus was a challenger to Sejanus's quest for power, but died in 23 of apparent natural causes.
According to the ancient historian Tacitus, Sejanus was also a former favourite of the wealthy Marcus Gavius Apicius, whose daughter may have been Sejanus' first wife
Apicata
. With
Apicata
, Sejanus had three children, two sons and one daughter: Strabo, Capito Aelianus and Junilla.
Eight years later, in 31, Sejanus was accused of crimes severe enough to warrant his immediate execution, and he was killed. Sejanus's three children with
Apicata
were to be put to death as well, so that Sejanus's line might have no more heirs. Their eldest son, Strabo, was executed six days later, after which
Apicata
wrote a letter to Tiberius accusing Sejanus and Livilla of having poisoned Drusus eight years earlier. Before the executions of her younger two children, Aelia Iunilla and Capito Aelianus,
Apicata
herself committed suicide.
Apicata
was a woman of the 1st century in ancient Rome. She was married to Sejanus, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.
Eublemma
apicata
is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa .
Garaeus
apicata
is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Burma, Sumatra, Borneo and Taiwan.
Desmiphora
apicata
is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1868. It is known from Brazil and Ecuador.
Mordellistena
apicata
is a beetle in the "Mordellistena" genus, which is in the Mordellidae family. It was described in 1942 by Píc.
Pryteria
apicata
is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana.
Mordella
apicata
is a species of beetle in the "Mordella" genus that is in the "Mordellidae" family, which is a part of the "Tenebrionoidea" superfamily. It was discovered in 1902.
The plant flowers in late summer. The purple flowers have yellow markings which may assist in attracting bees for pollination. Two species known to pollinate the flowers are "Melissodes
apicata
" and "Dufourea (Halictoides) novaeangliae".
Sejanus seduced Drusus' wife Livilla, convincing her that he loved her and went as far as to divorce his wife,
Apicata
. They involved Livilla's physician, Eudemus, whom they met in secret for some time. With the help of Livilla, Drusus was poisoned and died of what passed as natural causes on 14 September 23.
Hearing of the death of her children, Sejanus' former wife
Apicata
committed suicide. Before her death, she addressed a letter to Tiberius, accusing Sejanus and Livilla of having poisoned Drusus. Drusus' cupbearer Lygdus and Livilla's physician Eudemus were questioned and under torture confirmed Apicata's accusation.
The modern narrative of
Apicata
often renders her as an avenger on a treacherous husband and the woman of higher station who broke up her marriage, and possibly scheming as much as her ex-husband, especially if her accusations were not true; contemporary epigraphy suggests in her time she elicited little sympathy and was seen as treacherous herself, and tainted by association with Sejanus.