Sporus was a young, effeminate boy who was
castrated and married by the Roman Emperor
Nero, who had recently kicked kicked his pregnant wife to death. The reason was likely that he bore resemblance to her.
Sporus ended up out living the Emperor, who was killed by his own guards after being declared an enemy of Rome. He was then married by 2 different usurpers after
Nero's death, the last of which wanted to use him in a fatal reenactment of the Rape of Proserpina, Sporus committing suicide to avoid the fate.
Damn, that Sporus kid
got it rough,
Nero castrated him because he looked like his dead wife.
