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The History of Literature #521 — The Empress Messalina (with Honor Cargill-Martin) | My Last Book with Robert Chandler
The empress Messalina, third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, was a ruthless, sexually insatiable schemer – or was she? But while the stories about her are wild (nightly visits to a brothel, a 24-hour sex competition), the real story is much more complex. In this episode, Jacke talks to historian Honor Cargill-Martin about her… Continue reading