Livia Drusilla (Julia Augusta)

Reading notes

• The Annals §1.3 stepmother Livia

  Livia, wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, whom rumour charged with removing rivals.

• The Annals §2.82 Augusta with Plancina

  Livia, blamed in the rumours over Germanicus's death.

• The Annals §3.3 Augusta

  Livia Drusilla, widow of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, styled Julia Augusta after Augustus's death; a dominating presence at court.

• The Annals §3.64 Julia Augusta

  Livia, widow of Augustus and mother of Tiberius; her near-fatal illness recalls Tiberius from Campania.