No Roman holiday for Augustus Caesarâs wife in sword and sandal epic
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Kasia Smutniak as Livia Drusilla, the wife of Julius Caesarâs adopted son, the emperor Augustus Caesar, in the sword and sandal epic Domina.
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The figure of Livia Drusilla looms large in the history of Rome. For 50 years the wife of Julius Caesarâs adopted son, the emperor Augustus Caesar, she gave birth to another emperor, Tiberius, and from her line followed Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
The real Wicked Witch of Rome: Drama about Augustus Caesar s wife Livia shows her bludgeon a man to death with a rock - but it s nothing on the real-life thirst for power that saw her kill her grandsons, exile her daughter and poison her husband
New eight-part Sky series Domina tells the story of Ancient Rome s Livia Drusilla
She married the first Roman emperor Gaius Octavius, known as Augustus Caesar
Livia is remembered as a power-hungry woman who poisoned her husband
But Domina focuses on the domestic power struggles and manipulation