#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

6733.539 - 6755.614 Gregory Aldrete

But what I'm constantly struck by is when you start again delving into the sources, you always hear, okay, well, there was this one woman who was a philosopher, and she's an exception to the rule. And yeah, okay, she's fine. And then you start looking, oh, and there's also 60 other female philosophers. Well, is that so much an exception anymore? Or Cleopatra is the one queen.