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Livia: Mother of Rome poetcore all of which offer aA bold new portrait of Livia, ancient Romes first First Lady, who shaped the empire from behind the throne Livia was no ordinary Roman woman. As wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberiusthe first and second Roman emperorsshe stood at the heart of the first imperial dynasty, wielding extraordinary influence in a world that denied women formal power. In this vivid biography, Caitlin C. Gillespie reclaims Livia (59 or 58 BCE29 CE) from centuries of scandal