6 women who changed the course of Roman history
The first, and longest, imperial dynasty survived thanks to the leading women of Rome, writes Guy de la Bédoyère in the October 2018 issue of BBC History Magazine. Here are six powerful women who sustained Rome's greatest imperial dynasty in the first century AD…
A fourth to fifth-century AD Roman mosaic shows a woman spinning. The household was considered a woman's natural environment; the political arena certainly was not. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
September 6, 2018 at 9:19 am
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The prim power broker
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/leading-women-ancient-rome-livia-octavia-agrippina-messalina/
