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Time Traveller’s Handbook
THE PORNOCRACY

WHO TO BEFRIEND WHO TO AVA OID

Marozia Pope John X XII
As well as being the mistress, murderess, mother and grandmother of A synod of bi ishops once called this
popes, this canny noblewoman became senatrix and patrician of Rome, pontiff a “monster without a single
and queen consort of Italy Ever since she was the teenage lover of Pope virtue to aton ne for his many vices”.
consort of Italy. Ever since she was the teenage lover of Pope
Sergius III, p producing a bastard heir, she aligned herself with those who It is perhaps no surprise then that
could help h her further consolidate power, while killing those that stood he mutilated many of them for
in her way. Despite years of supreme influence, and ensuring the House their treacher ry. The grandson of FIG.04
of Theophylact dominated Marozia, he a ascended to the
the Papal St tates for years papacy aroun nd the age of
to come, thi ings did not 18 in 955. He lived a life
end well for r Marozia. of brazen imm morality,
She was top pped by making the s sacred
her own sch heming Lateran Palac ce his
son Duke A Alberic II, brothel. Fittin ngly,
who imprisoned her he died in 96 64 after
in a tower fo or five FIG.03 being caught in the
years until h her death act of adultery. As a
in 937. ruler, he was cruel
and duplicitous,
Extra tip: E Embrace your but also foolish,
inner cuckold. The turning the H Holy
most popu ular Roman Empe eror
way to get in Otto I into an n
Marozia’s g good enemy, and
books is to o almost being
be weak an nd dethroned by y
easily cont trolled. him in 963.

FIG.05
Seductio FIG.06
on
ere
In a time whe
sexuality is a
valuable tool,
learning the a
art of
seduction wil ll help p
you get what you
a
nt
want.

Ruthlessness

You’ll get nowhere
following the righteous
Gambling path. You must be
A popular activity willing to turn on
for everyone from your family, lovers and
the lowliest citizen friends if you wish to
to the pope himself. stay ahead.
How better to
make money and
powerful friends?
FIG.07

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