Ep 285 - The Muddy Myths of Messalina
Was Messalina the sex-crazed schemer that history made her out to be? Maybe it's a lot of Loose Talk!
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Show Notes
Ep 285 is loose and we are heading back to ancient Rome for another badass woman from history, the empress Messalina!
Were the stories about her true? How did she dispose of her enemies? And what sort of sex contest is acceptable to YOU?
The secret ingredient is...rumours!
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Sources this week include Messalina: The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress by Honor Cargill-Martin, National Georgraphic, ThoughtCo, Walks In Rome and Wiki dives into Messalina, Claudius, Caligula, and Tacitus.
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