And together we host a podcast called The Partial Historians.ĭR. And then even more particularly, the Vestal Virgins. I'm an expert on ancient Rome, particularly ancient priestesses. I'm a specialist in all things Spartacus and historical films. And as always, we’ll try to understand what life was like in ancient Rome for women: what did it look like through their eyes? Lucky for us, we have some expert time traveling companions: We will explore the events and laws they had to navigate, the intrigues and wars in which they had a hand. Others are foreigners who refuse to bow to the ever-expanding Empire, fighting against it with both cunning and spears. Many are Roman citizens: the wives and daughters and sisters of influential men who use every tool at their disposal to leave a lasting mark on their fast-changing world-and to survive its cutthroat rules about what women were allowed to do and be. In this chapter of Season 2, we’ll meet the women who lived amid this ancient-world juggernaut. Your path toward it might look different than the men around you, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make a name for yourself here. And though you’re a woman, you aren’t exempt from dreams of glory. Everyone here wants to rise to some kind of greatness-to grasp what power they can. It is loud, busy, bustling, humming with industry and ambition. You skirt past a shrine and a slave market, too. You move past shops full of customers and bright stalls full of produce, past public baths and the shouts from the Coliseum. You weave our way down a dusty street, trying to get your bearings.
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