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EP9 Glimpses of Olympias

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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The Woman on Woman Violence

Olympias was accused of killing her husband Philip and his wife, Cleopatra. She is also believed to have killed an infant in a similar way. The killings were not seen as particularly shocking by contemporaries at the time. John Sutter talks with historian Elizabeth Carney about how it happened.

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