Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Emma Southon and comedian Cariad Lloyd in first-century Rome to meet Agrippina the Younger. Empress, overbearing mother of the Emperor Nero and murderess, but how much of what has been written about this extraordinary woman is true? What does it really take to survive as a woman at the top of the Roman Empire? For the full-length version of this episode, please look further back in the feed. A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, the radio four comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I am a public historian, author and broadcaster.
And in this podcast, we take a bit of serious and a sliver of silly to serve up a steaming hot slice of history pie.
And today we are popping on our togas and tunics and journeying all the way back to classical Rome, to the first century CE, to be exact, to meet Agrippina the Younger, an empress, the mother of Emperor Nero and one of the most astonishing women of the ancient world.
And to help me separate the truth from the Tattletales, I'm joined by two very special guests in history corner.
She has a PhD in ancient history from the University of Birmingham and is an expert on all things roman.
She's the author of a magnificent new book called a History of the Roman Empire in 21 women.
And she is the biographer of Agrippina the Younger, which is very handy for us.