Episode 2 | Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome

Duration: 58'57''

Synopsis

Catharine Edwards explores the lives of Messalina, whose scandalous reputation lives on, and the skilled politician Agrippina, Caligula's sister, Claudius's wife and Nero's mother.

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