This is What Happens When A Woman Takes Power

About this episode

The episode explores the life and notorious reputation of the Assyrian queen Semiramis, focusing on her rule and the wild stories surrounding her dating life.

The Assyrian queen Semiramis is one of the most notorious rulers in ancient history. Not just because she was a woman ruling a violent, male-dominated society. And not because she competently ruled the massive empire for years. Mostly, it turns out, because there were some WILD stories about her, um, dating life. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Download thePrizePicks app today and use code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! That’s code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! PrizePicks. It’s good to be right. Rob Foxhttps://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree Dan Regesterhttps://www.instagram.com/danregester/ https://twitter.com/dan_regester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Rob Fox, Dan Regester

Topics covered

• ancient history
• female rulers
• Semiramis
• Assyrian empire
• dating stories
• comedy

Keywords

• Semiramis
• Assyrian queen
• ancient rulers
• female power
• history
• comedy

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