It's not about power. It's about everything.
The extraordinary rise of Livia Drusilla, who overcame adversity to become the most powerful woman in the world. Follow Livia’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress.
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Livia Drusilla is a fascinating character from imperial Rome, portrayed in two of the best series about that time: "I, Claudius" (BBC, 1976) and "Rome" (HBO, 2005-2007). She has her own series and is less attractive, less devious. Because to empower the character, the screenwriter decides to turn Augustus into a puppet. And so he makes the mistake of underestimating the protagonist's capacity for manipulation.
The show has been renewed for a second season.
Overcomes a shaky, shock-heavy start and frequently confusing time-jumps that force the show to explain everything that's happening over and over again leading to a lot of repeated exposition, only to plunge you deep into the thick of Roman political intrigue once the early episodes are out of the way. Game of Thrones this isn't, but there's a lot of promise especially for fans of historical period dramas of the more talky side.
Is it historically accurate? Obviously not, but I enjoyed it anyway. There are time skips in the show. There are pretty big time skips in the beginning, which did throw me off a bit, but it becomes a bit less as the show goes on. There's lots of nudity. Lots of infidelity. Lots of backstabbing. Lots of secrets.
I'm kind of obsessed with the serie and the characters. It has the game of thrones vibes but in the roman empire.