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Fulvia (77 BC-40 BC) was a Roman woman who live in the 1st century BC. Fulvia was the first non-mythological woman to appear on Roman coins. According to Plutarch, Fulvia had no interest in spinning nor managing a household nor to rule a husband with no ambition for public life, Fulvia wanted to govern or to command and be a command-in-chief. Fulvia will be remembered in the history of the late Roman Republic, for her political ambition and activity. The historian states, that Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, is indebted to Fulvia for teaching Mark Antony to obey the authority of a wife.

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