Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome

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Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome

2013- 2013

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Professor Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic story of the women who tasted power in the Roman Empire.

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