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Livia Drusilla (Julia Augusta)

Empress · Roman · 1st c. BC–1st c. AD

Wife of Rome's first emperor Augustus (c. 58 BC–29 AD). She was a political partner for 51 years, engineering the succession of her son Tiberius as Augustus's heir — described as the eminence grise behind the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Praised by some as the ideal Roman matron, she is depicted in popular culture (I, Claudius) as a ruthless political operator. The most powerful woman in Roman history.