By her first husband, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, she was the mother of the emperor Nero; her second husband was Passienus Crispus, whom she was accused of poisoning.
A second and somewhat larger species, Pelecanus crispus, also inhabits Europe.
The defeat of the superior fleet of Licinius by Flavius Julius Crispus, Constantine's eldest son, compelled his withdrawal to Bithynia, where a last stand was made; the battle of Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon (18th of September), finally resulted in his submission.
A sheltered bay supports a plant association dominated by shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens and curled pondweed P. crispus.
There 's the welted thistle, Carduus crispus, drawing a jittery line around the edge of their empire.