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The Ghost of Agrippina the Elder: murder and exile in Imperial Rome.

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Have you ever watched "I Claudius" Dear Reader? Oh my, you should.  It's my absolute favorite of all time, and was chiefly responsible for my early corruption.  Here's a link, so that you can get addicted too: I Claudius, Internet archive Ah, my beloved website, 'the internet archive.'  Honestly if I could have a romance with a website, it would be this one. If anyone could be a ghost haunting those living in Rome, or the island of Pandataria with her despair and injustice, it would be Agrippina the Elder along with her mother Julia (the daughter of Augustus). Here is the island of Pandataria, island prison for Imperial Roman women: I know:  small, yes? Just imagine if you were there with no company, and only intermittent food supplies in the Classical world.  Remember also, that imprisonment here was without books, writing materials, or anything that might help pass the interminable hours. It really effing sucks that this noble woman and her mother both were