11. Agrippina the Younger; Part 1: The Rise

Roman historians did not write about women very often, but when they did it was only when they were very, very good or very, very bad. Agrippina the Younger was very, very bad. Sister to one emperor, wife to another and mother to perhaps the most notorious Roman Emperor of them all, Agrippina refused to be shut out from the power structures men dominated. And history vilified her for it. Join us for The Rise, where we discuss all the crazy drama that lead to Agrippina becoming the most powerful and notorious woman in the history of the Roman Empire. This episode has it all: Murder, mayhem, ridiculous name changes and yes . . . even incest. Rachel and Kat really bash the patriarchy in this one as we navigate the insanity that was the Roman Empire.