Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome — Season 1, Episode 2: The Rivals
Documentary • 59 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Professor Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic lives of two women at the heart of power in 1st-century imperial Rome. One is Messalina, whose scandalous reputation lives on 2,000 years after her bloody and dramatic death. The other is Agrippina - sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius and mother of Nero - an extraordinary woman who was not only a skilled and ambitious politician but also a murderer and ultimately a murder victim.
About Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome
Professor Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic story of the women who tasted power in the Roman Empire.