The story of Livia Drusilla, from her early life as a naive young girl in the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, through her rise to become the emperor Augustus' wife, becoming Rome's most powerful and influential empress.
EPISODE 1
Fall
Golden girl of Rome Livia Drusilla loses everything in the civil war as her father and husband find themselves on the losing side, forcing her into exile; Livia makes a heartbreaking decision to save her son's life and her own.
EPISODE 2
Rise
Pregnant with a second child, Livia gets a chance at a new beginning because of the amnesty clause in the treaty between Gaius and Sextus.
EPISODE 3
Family
Livia has to aid Gaius in keeping his power over the Senate despite her secret mission to restore the Republic while managing a vicious family feud.
EPISODE 4
Secrets
Livia's marriage to Gaius is compromised when she discovers that she can't bear him any children.
EPISODE 5
Plague
Gaius' sudden illness provokes a political crisis and reveals the true weakness of Livia's position without him, leaving it to Livia to resolve the situation.
EPISODE 6
Nightshade
Livia has no choice but to eliminate Marcellus, who plans to kill her sons and exile her and Antigone when he assumes Gaius' position.
Kasia Smutniak
Liam Cunningham
Roland Litrico
David Avery
Nadia Parkes
Isabella Rossellini
Benjamin Isaac
Joelle
Alex Lanipekun
Ben Batt
Art Campion
