Lucilla: Easily Marcus Aurelius's Best Kid

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While most people familiar with Lucilla (150 - 182 AD) know her from the Gladiator Cinematic Universe, she differed significantly in real life from her movie character. Enchanted by power and all of its trappings, she blended nobility and greed in a unique combination.
Her life's story is defined by woe and her resilience to rise above it, though I can't say her principles didn't suffer for it. To be fair, how would you come out if you lost half a dozen siblings, both parents, your husband, and your empress title all before turning 30?
Want to read more about this episode's characters or aren't sure about their spelling? Here's a list of this episode's major characters:
Lucilla - our protagonist
Marcus Aurelius - One of Rome's most revered emperors and Lucilla's father
Faustina the Younger - Loving mother of Lucilla
Lucius Verus - Lucilla's first husband
Commodus - Lucilla's brother...unfortunately for her

Credits
Host: C.J. Weiss
Music: Bobby Hall