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Divorced, Murdered, Survived: Nero's Wives
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:48:11
Publish Date: 2021-06-30 23:00:00
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In the long tradition of categorising famous wives as the good or the bad, Nero’s partners are no exception. These women are regularly reduced to simple characters within the final Julio-Claudian Emperor’s orbit, but what of their own experiences and personalities? Lauren Ginsberg from Duke University speaks to Tristan in this episode to shine a light on the lives of Octavia, Poppaea and Statilia Messalina, and their fates at the hands of their husband.


This episode contains references to domestic abuse.

 

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