
The extraordinary rise of Livia Drusilla, who overcame adversity to become the most powerful woman in the world. Follow Livia’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress.






Livia Drusilla loses everything in the Civil War as her father and husband find themselves defeated and forced into exile.
When an amnesty is declared, a pregnant Livia returns to Rome to rebuild her family fortunes and save her friend.
Now in her thirties, Livia finds herself married to Gaius and pregnant again, and Gaius and Agrippa are alone at the top of the world, ruling Rome together as consuls.
Livia's marriage to Gaius is compromised when she learns that she cannot bear him any children.
Livia returns to a Rome overrun with plague, and the question of who will succeed a gravely ill Gaius becomes an urgent matter.
Two months after the plague rescinds, Livia's boys are still in danger. Marcellus is surrounded by the same powerful friends who plotted to assassinate Agrippa, Tiberius and Drusus.
As Gaius' rivals taste blood in the water, Livia must outwit both them and her husband if the family is to be kept together.
As Livia tells her sons about their role in her Mission, the truth behind her part in Marcellus' death threatens to come out.
Livia and Gaius return to famine in Rome. Gaius starts a succession race.
Drusus and Antonina's wedding is threatened. Livia's marriage is tested.
Livia and Gemina come face to face with life-changing consequences. Drusus' military career is in danger.
Livia's missed in Rome, and must deal with a threat to her sons and secure Gaius' forgiveness.
Gaius' plans for the succession shock Livia. Tiberius grows suspicious of Gaius.
Shocking news brings instability to Rome. Livia must make a dangerous choice.
Livia is threatened on her way to a wedding and has to make a life-threatening decision.
Livia must reassert control of the family. News from Germany has devastating consequences.