Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history.

She kicked her way into the male spaces of politics and demanded to be recognized as an equal and a leader. For her audacit…

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