Livia Drusilla was born in a republic and died at the head of an empire. She worked alongside her husband Octavian to establish the Roman Empire, and remained at the very centre of Roman politics for 50 years. Her children and grandchildren inherited the imperial throne, and her grandson deified her. Livia was an integral part of her husbands image - she gave him a connection to the most important Roman dynasties and helped create the image of the perfect Roman family.

Sources/Further Reading

Gillespie, Caitlin C: Livia - Mother of Rome

De La Bedoyere, Guy: Domina - The Women Who Made Imperial Rome

Gaughan, Judy: Livia Drusilla https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/livia-drusilla

Naples, Mary: Livia Drusilla - Mother of the Country or Evil Stepmother? https://femminaclassica.com/livia-drusilla-mother-of-the-country-or-evil-stepmother/

Adler, Eric: Cassius Dio’s Livia and the Conspiracy of Cinna Magnus https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267193327_Cassius_Dio's_Livia_and_the_Conspiracy_of_Cinna_Magnus

History and Archaeology Online: The Empress Livia https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-empress-livia-/#google_vignette

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Livia Drusilla was born in a republic and died at the head of an empire. She worked alongside her husband Octavian to establish the Roman Empire, and remained at the very centre of Roman politics for 50 years. Her children and grandchildren inherited the imperial throne, and her grandson deified her. Livia was an integral part of her husbands image - she gave him a connection to the most important Roman dynasties and helped create the image of the perfect Roman family.

Sources/Further Reading

Gillespie, Caitlin C: Livia - Mother of Rome

De La Bedoyere, Guy: Domina - The Women Who Made Imperial Rome

Gaughan, Judy: Livia Drusilla https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/livia-drusilla

Naples, Mary: Livia Drusilla - Mother of the Country or Evil Stepmother? https://femminaclassica.com/livia-drusilla-mother-of-the-country-or-evil-stepmother/

Adler, Eric: Cassius Dio’s Livia and the Conspiracy of Cinna Magnus https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267193327_Cassius_Dio's_Livia_and_the_Conspiracy_of_Cinna_Magnus

History and Archaeology Online: The Empress Livia https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-empress-livia-/#google_vignette

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In 1536 Jane Boleyn lost everything - her husband, her family, her position at court. However bit by bit she rebuilt her career, and went on to serve 3 more of Henry VIIIs Queens, eventually becoming the closest confidant of his fifth Queen Katherine Howard. Once again however she would become embroiled in the marital affairs of the king, and this time there would be no second chances.

Sources/Further Reading:

Fox, Julia: Jane Boleyn, the True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford

Weir, Alison: The Lady In The Tower - The Fall of Anne Boleyn

Wilkinson, Josephine: Katherine Howard - The Tragic Story of Henry VIIIs 5th Queen

Russell, Gareth: Young and Damned and Fair - The Life and Tragedy of Katherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII

Smith, Lacey Baldwin: Anne Boleyn, the Queen of Controversy - a Biographical Essay

Borman, Tracy: Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford: The Most Hated Woman in Tudor England? https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/jane-boleyn-lady-rochford-the-most-hated-woman-in-tudor-england/

Easton, Henrietta: Does Jane Boleyn Deserve Her Reputation As The Most Hated Woman at the Tudor Court? https://www.discoverbritain.com/history/icons/jane-boleyn/

Ridgeway, Claire: Jane Boleyn - Did She Help Bring Down Anne Boleyn? The Anne Boleyn Files https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/?s=Jane+Boleyn

Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne and Raithby, John: The statutes at large, of England and of Great Britain : from Magna Carta to the union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland https://archive.org/details/statutesatlarge00raitgoog/page/366/mode/2up

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