
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.
Livia must reassert control of the family; news from Germany has devastating consequences.
Livia is threatened on her way to a wedding; she has to make a life-threatening decision.
Gaius' plans for the succession shock Livia; Tiberius grows suspicious of Gaius.