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HOUR TWO: Emma Southon explores forgotten women of the Empire. Julia, daughter of Augustus, served as a marital conduit for heirs (Agrippa, Tiberius) before being exiled for public affairs and later starved. Other profiles include British Queens Cartimand

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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HOUR TWO: Emma Southon explores forgotten women of the Empire. Julia, daughter of Augustus, served as a marital conduit for heirs (Agrippa, Tiberius) before being exiled for public affairs and later starved. Other profiles include British Queens Cartimandua and Boudica, entrepreneur Julia Felix, military family woman Sulpicia Lepidina, and Christian martyr Perpetua.
1802 ROMAN WOMEN

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Continuing with Emma Southton,

0:25.6

the new book is A Rome of One's Own,

0:27.9

the forgotten women of the Roman Empire.

0:30.1

It is now the Roman Empire.

0:32.3

The monarchy is gone.

0:34.0

The memory of the monarchy

0:35.2

pleases Augustus, the emperor. The Republic has gone. The memory of

0:40.8

the Republic came to this moment when Augustus will present himself as a man who saves the

0:47.0

republic by making himself the first among equals, the preencaps. He has a daughter, however,

0:54.0

and herein lies a tale. Emma, this is

0:57.2

Julia Caesar Phileas, who becomes when she's 11 years old, born 39 BC, comes when she's 11 years

1:05.7

old, Julia Augusti Phileia. Augustus wanted sons, he wanted heirs. He has a daughter who has a mind of her own.

1:14.3

She's very well educated. And then she's married to Marcellus at 13 years old. Why? Marcellus was her

1:21.6

cousin. What was Augustus thinking? He was trying to make a son-in-law. So this is where we go back to those stories of the Sabine women.

1:31.5

The closest thing there is to a son is a son-in-law.

1:34.5

And he wanted Marcellus to be his heir.

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