<description>&lt;p&gt;In times of antiquity, alongside the Via Appia, stood the Laudatio Turiae, a funerary inscription praising the life of an exceptional Roman woman. While we aren’t sure of her actual identity her husband was clearly fond to her, and wanted everyone approaching Rome to know it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Episode CCXLVI (246)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guest: Assoc. Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classic and Ancient History, La Trobe University)&lt;/p&gt;
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In times of antiquity, alongside the Via Appia, stood the Laudatio Turiae, a funerary inscription praising the life of an exceptional Roman woman.

In times of antiquity, alongside the Via Appia, stood the Laudatio Turiae, a funerary inscription praising the life of an exceptional Roman woman. While we aren’t sure of her actual identity her husband was clearly fond to her, and wanted everyone approaching Rome to know it.

Episode CCXLVI (246)

Guest: Assoc. Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classic and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

Emperors of Rome

Laudatio Turiae

Laudatio Turiae

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