A review by meant2breading
Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon

challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

Reading about Aggripina’s life and relationships was like listening to 10 hours of a soap opera, but one I wanted to and kept listening to 😆. I appreciated most of Southon’s humor along the way as well as her speculation from the gaps in historical writings, which I am sure was difficult to do! While I liked the many zingers aimed at the chauvinist men throughout, I was personally hoping for more of an acknowledgement or nod to intersectional feminism (e.g, the family’s enslavement of people, Agrippina’s access or involvement to imperial projects, etc.). I am interested in learning more of Roman history after this! 
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