As a long-time Roman history nerd, I *highly* recommend the book "Agrippina" by Emma Southon. Feminist/snarky/funny/illuminating, about the woman who was Caligula's sister and Nero's mother. It's truly unlike any other ancient history book I've ever read, a good way. The original UK edition has a very cool cover that gives you an idea of its style, while the American edition looks like a boring history textbook:
Everything about this is <chef’s kiss> Also there’s a great doc about the Roman Empire with British historian Mary Beard who, incidentally, is not a fan of bras and I salute that.
Love your work. Dirtbag for you to look up though: Minnie Dean. No spoilers about all of her bullshit but she's the only woman who was ever hanged in New Zealand
Because I was curious, I looked up generally how much a donkey costs (anyway from $200 to $3,000 which seems like both too much money and not enough). Which if he was buying really terrible donkeys means he spent like 200 billion dollars in 2023 money. This math doesn't seem right but also it's funny so
Why are you so good!!!!!!!!!! Can you just rewrite all the history books so they’re interesting 😍🤩
As a long-time Roman history nerd, I *highly* recommend the book "Agrippina" by Emma Southon. Feminist/snarky/funny/illuminating, about the woman who was Caligula's sister and Nero's mother. It's truly unlike any other ancient history book I've ever read, a good way. The original UK edition has a very cool cover that gives you an idea of its style, while the American edition looks like a boring history textbook:
https://www.emmasouthon.com/agrippina-empress-exile-hustler-whore
Everything about this is <chef’s kiss> Also there’s a great doc about the Roman Empire with British historian Mary Beard who, incidentally, is not a fan of bras and I salute that.
Love your work. Dirtbag for you to look up though: Minnie Dean. No spoilers about all of her bullshit but she's the only woman who was ever hanged in New Zealand
I really enjoyed this 😀
Because I was curious, I looked up generally how much a donkey costs (anyway from $200 to $3,000 which seems like both too much money and not enough). Which if he was buying really terrible donkeys means he spent like 200 billion dollars in 2023 money. This math doesn't seem right but also it's funny so
If not an actual horse I think we can count at least one horses ass on the ballot