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How One Woman Took The Lead In Papal-Ruled Rome

Marozia of Rome was probably a terrible person. But she did have chutzpah.

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The Ruined Reputation of China’s First and Only Empress

By normal measures of imperial China, Empress Wu Zetian did a pretty solid job. So why has she been impugned in history?

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