12. Agrippina the Younger Part II: The Fall

After watching her family murdered off one-by-one and successfully navigating the male-driven world of Roman politicking, Agrippina is finally the Empress of Rome. For a short time, she’ll become the nightmare of male Roman egos and get a taste of unprecedented power as a woman, maneuvering through spaces previously denied to every other woman in Rome, all to ensure her son lands on the the Imperial throne. But her downfall comes from the most unlikely, and ungrateful, of places. In this episode you’ll hear a tale of incest, poison, listening in on senate meetings behind a veil (gasp!) and more than one assassination attempt from her own son. Join us for the absolutely insane story that inspired the creation of the Difficult Damsels podcast. Rome is wack, y’all. #staydifficult