In episode one of the series, we meet Livia, wife of Rome’s first emperor ... in the relationship between gender and power in ancient Rome. This was a key concern in my first book, The politics ...

These are the best TV shows about Ancient Rome, allowing viewers to witness ... the story is instead about Livia and Augustus' divorce, which caused a huge political scandal at the time.

In this clean teen romance set in Rome, Scottish-Italian teenager Livia meets Giulio, a co-worker in her grandmother’s bar. Charlotte Eyre is the former children’s editor of The Bookseller ...

x, 320. Illus., stemmata, gloss., notes, biblio., index. $27.99. ISBN: 0312658648 One of the most maligned women in history, Livia Drusilla (58 BC-AD 29 ), wife of the Emperor Augustus, is best known ...

Exploring the role played by extraordinary women in creating, ruling and transforming the Roman Empire, whose influence was felt everywhere from the power struggles of court to the distant provinces.