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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC

History magazine. Did you know that while Mark Anthony was off having an affair with Cleopatra,

his wife, Fulvia, was fighting a battle on his behalf

in Rome. Or did you know that the first-named author ever was a woman? What about the fact that the

first female victor of the Olympic Games competed in her 50s? Well, speaking to Lauren Good,

Daisy Dunn shines a light on these women in antiquity,

whose lives stretched far beyond what we might expect. Hi, Daisy, thank you so much for speaking

to me today on the podcast. It's my pleasure. Lovely to be here. In your own words, your book is

not about women, but a history of antiquity written through women

as far as possible. Why did you feel that this disclaimer needs to be made at the beginning of the

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