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Agrippina: Rome's Most Powerful Empress?

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Agropane Is the Best of Men

The emperor Claudius has to persuade the Senate to let him change the law so that he can marry her and make uncle niece relationships legal. A wife is effectively a gift from the city to their emperor, their beloved and wonderful emperor. And anybody else would be a downgrade. agropane comes from the best heritage and has the best parentage. She's the only person who has divine or guston blood in her, she's the only people left. So it's not as bad as that.

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