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He wrote about assorted theriac compounds in his books () and (). Indeed, he tested them by bringing roosters into contact with snakes.
De Antidotis I and II , De Theriaca ad Pisonem
One of the most notorious professional poisoners hired by Agrippina, the wife of Emperor Claudius, to kill him so that Agrippina’s son, Nero, from a previous marriage would become the new Roman emperor.
Locusta
Was also employed by Nero after releasing her from prison to poison Britannicus. She was ultimately pardoned for all past crimes and allowed to establish a school to train others in her art.
Locusta
The legal framework of toxicology is sometimes dated back to the age of the Roman military and political leader
Sulla
Sulla, who issued() (81 bc), under which punishment was imposed for anyone who prepared, sold, bought, kept, or administered a noxious poison (venenum malum)
lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis
The Latin word () can mean either poison or remedy, and one would typically modify the term according to the usage intended.
Venenum
Was a governing body in Venice from around 1310 until 1797. They were known for conducting secret tribunals whereby fgures perceived as a threat to the state were ordered executed. Many of these executions were carried out by poisoning.
Venetian Council of Ten
was suspected of poisoning and was in possession of a poison recipe among his confdential documents and his library contained several books in which poisons were discussed. He was also involved in a plot to assassinate Piero Strozzi by poisoning his wine.
Cosimo I de’Medici
Cosimo’s sons ()()were equally complicit in it. Despite persistent rumors that Francesco and his wife, Bianca, were poisoned with arsenic by the former’s brother, Ferdinando, the oficial cause of death was listed as malaria.
Ferdinando and Francesco
tested and carefully studied the efects of various toxic concoctions on the poor and sick, noting the toxic response (onset of action) and symptoms that occurred (Hayes & Dixon, 2020).
Catherine de’Medici
Developing and testing antidotes was also part of the () stock-in-trade.
Medicis’
Another powerful and infamous Italian family, originally from Spain, and on whom were pinned numerous heinous crimes, poisoning among them.
Borgias
There were claims that () murdered a servant who was a lover of his sister, Lucretia, in front of their father Pope Alexander.
Cesare
There were claims that Cesare murdered a servant who was a lover of his sister, Lucretia, in front of their father Pope Alexander. Cesare was also said to have poisoned
Cardinal Juan Borgia.
Documents uncovered recently in the () archives refute these and other claims concerning the Borgias and it is now thought that, though saints by no means, their undeserved reputation for extensive poisonings and murders stems from rumors spread and repeated by their enemies.
Vatican
AKA La Voisin, an acknowledged sorceress, who did a very good business in poisons, abortions, and black masses. La Voisin was fnally burned at the stake in 1680 for her crimes.
Catherine Deshayes
One more notorious 17th century Italian poisoner, thoroughly skilled at her trade
Giulia Tofana
jointly concocted and marked a poison known as “Acqua Tufania” for which they were executed. Some of their associates fed to Rome and, under the leadership of Giulia Tofana, possibly Teofania’s daughter, they carried on the business, even after the death
Giulia Tofana
The poison became known as(). Arsenic was likely a primary ingredient. It was sold throughout Italy to domestically unsatisfed women seeking freedom from their husbands. Although originally producing violent symptoms, it ultimately became associated with a class of toxicants known as “slow poisons.”
Aqua Tofana
the great Jewish philosopher, theologian, and scientist, wrote his Treatise on Poisons and their Antidotes, originally in Arabic, in 1198
Moises Maimonides
