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Podcast: For the Love of History - world history, women’s history, weird history
Episode: Empress Baddie | The Queen Rome Feared and the Goldren age of Zenobia's Empire
Description: There was a moment in the 3rd century when Rome was almost defeated, and the exactor of this conquest was Queen Zenobia of Palmyra. This week we explore the life and legacy of the woman who had Rome on the ropes and made her empire the Pearl of the Desert!But she wasn’t just a fearsome warrior woman, collecting land for sport. She was a brilliant strategist, leader, and patron of the arts. And you know we talk about it all because we are not here to make these brilliant Empress baddies one-dimensional beings, neh neh de...