Locusta Of Gaul, The Lethal Poison Maker Of Ancient Rome

Poisoning was so rampant in the early Roman Empire that virtually everyone in a position of power kept a food taster on hand at all times — but that didn’t stop Locusta.
In the first century A.D., the notorious poison maker Locusta prepared potions for Emperor Nero on her way to becoming perhaps history's first serial killer.

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