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Podcast: The Exploress
Episode: The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 3: Fulvia
Description: Season 2, Episode 19. It's 47 or 46 BCE, and we've stepped into a private chamber, where a woman is pulling down her saffron-colored veil. Today she's getting married, but she's no blushing virgin. In fact, this is her third marriage, and she's as shrewd, seasoned, and ambitious as they come. When she marries a man, she becomes his ultimate champion. And lucky for him, her fiancé is about to find out what it means to be married to Rome's #1 lady gangster. Fulvia is a mighty force of nature. She's also one of the scariest and least appreciated badasses that ancient Rome is e...