Livia : First Lady of Imperial Rome

Livia--wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius-- wielded extraordinary power at the center of Roman politics. In this biography of Livia, the first in English, Anthony Barrett sets aside the portrait of a cunning and sinister schemer to reveal Livia as a complex figure whose enduring political influence helped shape Roman government long after her death.

Anthony A. Barrett, professor of classics at the University of British Columbia

List of Illustrations

vii

Preface

ix

Map of the Roman World at the Time of the Death of Livia

xiv

Significant Events

xvii

PART I THE LIFE OF LIVIA

1. Family Background

3

(16)

2. Marriage

19

(9)

3. In the Shadows

28

(17)

4. The Public Figure

45

(28)

5. A New Reign

73

(30)

PART II LIVIAN THEMES

6. The Private Livia

103

(12)

7. Wife of the Emperor

115

(31)

8. Mother of the Emperor

146

(28)

9. Woman of Substance

174

(12)

10. Friend, Patron, and Protector

186

(29)

11. Death and Reputation

215

(14)

APPENDICES

1. Sources

229

(74)

2. The Roman System of Government

303

(2)

3. Livia's Maternal Origins

305

(2)

4. Livia's Name

307

(2)

5. Livia's Birthdate

309

(2)

6. Husbands of Scribonia

311

(2)

7. The Birth of Drusus

313

(2)

8. Livia's Aedes and the Temple of Concord

315

(2)

9. The Domus Augusta

317

(1)

10. The Conspiracy of Cornelius Cinna

318

(2)

11. The Celebration 0f Livia's Marriage

320

(1)

12. Palatine Vesta

321

(1)

13. The Title Augusta in the Julio-Claudian Period

322

(2)

14. Antonia as Augusta

324

(2)

15. Augustus' Palatine Residence

326

(3)

16. Livia's Festival on the Palatine

329

(1)

17. Date of the Letter to the Samfans

330

(3)

18. The Cult of Bona Dea and Livia

333

(2)

19. Agrippina and Livia in AD 28-29

335

(2)

Abbreviations

337

(10)

Notes

347

(40)

Bibliography

387

(26)

Index

413

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Livia : First Lady of Imperial Rome

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