Livia

the suppression of individual freedom and humanity, by the women in Indra changing how they look through technological devices. The city of Indra demands all women receive beauty implantations. It is evident that beauty is critical in Indra once Livia says, " Marius is a mere five foot two, a burden for which most Indrithian women would be utterly devastated. Had they not reached five foot eight by the age of thirteen, they would have already partaken of every alteration available. They would have

possession of power can corrupt and alter individuals and society. Both works are set in times of political turbulence, times in which people would seize the opportunity to gain absolute power or at least an upper hand over others. In I, Claudius, Livia, Claudius’ grandmother, proves to be an incredibly ambitious woman, with the political acumen to match. Before the birth of the Roman Empire, the Second Triumvirate, consisting of Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian (at that time), ruled the

Julia Augusta Agrippina, or more commonly, Agrippina the Younger was a Roman empress consort and one of the most distinguished women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In her earlier years, Agrippina, as well as her mother and older brother, were remorsly mistreated by Emperor Tiberius, who was only a stepson of Augustus. She would have learned at her mother's knee to despise usurpers who were not direct descendants of Augustus. Historians have long suspected that a childhood spent steeped in fear and

up at noon everyday”; to watch Julius Caesar not too far away from The Theater of Pompey along with many other plebeians who put Julius Caesar before their very own jobs.She had come a little later than usual on this particular day .According to Livia as she peered into the doors the Senate she couldn’t believe

The choice to study Livia Drusilla in depth was an easy decision. One of a few women to gain any sort of power in ancient Rome let alone the status that Livia ended up having near the end of her time. Livia herself is very controversial and is often depicted in one of two ways in most available sources. The first is that she was a very manipulative woman, that her caring housewife appearance and manner was all a façade and that she was responsible for the deaths surrounding the heirs to the throne

Livia Drusilla was born on January 30th 58 BCE in Rome. She was the daughter of Roman noble Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus. Like most women in ancient Rome, she was married at an early age. She married her cousin, Tiberius Claudius Nero, who was of patrician status, at age 16 in 42 BCE. This was around the same time her first son, Tiberius, was born. Her husband fought alongside her father and Julius Caesar’s assassins against Octavian. Even when her father committed suicide at the Battle of Philippi

Livia tried not to put any thoughts toward her husband's new acquisition. The dark haired man fought like a caged animal and seemed always at the ready to lunge for anyone's throat, with a quiet sort of anger that was hard to detect. She was a bit frightened of him to be sure yet she also was... curious. Where did one find such a creature, thrown into the Abyss and pulled back a changed man? She never asked of the men and women her husband found in the market when they arrived in their service, aside

influence is seen again. Claudius lived with Livia for a long time, during which he developed an immense amount of respect for her. Although he could be considered the black sheep of the family, when Claudius became emperor, he was successful in making Britain a province and extending the Roman rule to Northern Africa. The people wanted to celebrate Claudius, but he refused almost all praise. In fact, he directed all praise towards Livia instead. “His grandmother Livia he not only honoured with equestrian

on the other hand, approaches the subject of what happens after millions of people are killed in an attempted genocide and a horrible war in her short story, The Address. While The Address may not be as dramatic as I have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton Jackson because it does not take place inside the concentration camp, it certainly leaves readers thinking about the tragedies that took place around that time period. Writing in an emotionless style shows how these events affected and changed

Livia Drusilla or Julia Drusilla was one of the most influential women in Ancient Rome. She was born in 58 B.C.E. Before she was married to Augustus, Livia was married to Tiberius Claudius Nero. They had two kids, Tiberius and Nero Claudius Drusus. Tiberius would become the next emperor and Claudius’ son would proceed Tiberius. After the birth of Claudius, Livia divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married Augustus. Livia supported her new husband’s decisions and became one of his advisers. He trusted