
Episode CXV - Ausonian Beast (Caracalla III)
Emperors of Rome
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The Rumours of the Roman Empire
Rumours that the emperor and his mother were having an incestuous relationship are not true. But this was how people tried to make sense of the Emperor's relationship with his mother, Julia domna. It plays on the idea of nero and agrippina as well, when agrippina turned up in front of nero all dressed up to the nines,. salaciously trying to seduce him.
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