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Augustus & Livia: Ancient Rome's Most Ruthless Power Couple
Octavian, better known by his honorific title of Augustus, was the heir to the murdered autocrat Caesar. He avenged his adoptive father, pursued his murderers, expropriated and exterminated them, and used cunning and brutal violence to bring the civil war to an end to become ruler of the Empire himself. Behind the facade of the “restored” Republic and under the title of Princeps, he established an autocratic emperorship.
Yet, he also secured peace, known as the Pax Augusta. Who would be his successor as Emperor once the Republic had effectively come to an end? Two women fought for themselves and their children: Julia, the daughter of Augustus, and his third wife Livia Drusilla. Eventually, Livia prevailed, becoming co-Empress, and her son Tiberius followed Augustus. The power struggle had it all - intrigue, conspiracy and even murders.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcBevwskZxI
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Octavian, better known by his honorific title of Augustus, was the heir to the murdered autocrat Caesar. He avenged his adoptive father, pursued his murderers, expropriated and exterminated them, and used cunning and brutal violence to bring the civil war to an end to become ruler of the Empire himself. Behind the facade of the “restored” Republic and under the title of Princeps, he established an autocratic emperorship.
Yet, he also secured peace, known as the Pax Augusta. Who would be his successor as Emperor once the Republic had effectively come to an end? Two women fought for themselves and their children: Julia, the daughter of Augustus, and his third wife Livia Drusilla. Eventually, Livia prevailed, becoming co-Empress, and her son Tiberius followed Augustus. The power struggle had it all - intrigue, conspiracy and even murders.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcBevwskZxI
#timeline #history
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