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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Empress Theodora.

For what it’s worth, Procopius Secret History is pretty problematic as a historic source. A lot of it is probably entirely made up because he didn’t like her. (For some reason, a lot of powerful women in history get this kind of treatment - in Ming China, we have this lurid account of Tang Dynasty Empress Wu Zetian’s rule for example. Or the rumors about Catherine the Great/horses.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Or Queen Marie Antoinette, about whom was said to perfom "farcial sexual deviance" with her friends in the court. Later she was even accused of incest with her son.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette