Season 1

Ep 14. Mousa, Eumachia, and Plancia: Enterprising Women

August 21, 2025
33 min

Antiquity was full of enterprising women who catapulted to power in the unlikeliest of circumstances. Learn about Mousa, a slave who ascended to the Parthian throne alongside her teenage son. And, get to know both Eumachia and Plancia Magna, a pair of wealthy Roman priestesses who transformed their communities through patronage.

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