A new limited TV series on EPIX called, "Domina", featuring "Livia Drusilla", is set to premiere on June 6. Looks good despite being fiction. Article/Video: https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/domina-epix-sets-premiere-for-roman-empire-drama-series-video/
Livia Drusilla, under Augustus, 27 BC - AD 13. Roman Æ diobol, 7.41 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h. Egypt, Alexandria, 5th series, AD 10-11. Obv: bare head right with Nodus hairstyle. Rev: Date (LM=40) within oak wreath. Refs: BMC 16.4, 31; SGI 209; Emmett 57; c.f. RPC 5058. Notes: Lindgren sale 38, lot 110.
From the cast and the photo, I guess it takes place too early to have anyone play Tiberius. Never mind Claudius. So it's "Young Livia," basically.
Livia (30 B.C. - 29 A.D) IONIA, Ephesos Æ 16 Magistrate, Aristeas Asklepiades O: Draped bust of Livia right, hair in a bun. R: EFE GRAMMATEUS ARISTEAS ASKLHPI-ADHS in five lines across fields and in exergue, Stag standing right. 3.8g 16mm RPC I 2576; SNG Cop 367 Rare
Wow this looks bad. Livia secretly trying to restore the senate to power and then eventually falling for power and the empire and “betraying” her original purpose. Woof. This makes Suetonius seem reliable. Why do producers always have to make fake history when real history is always more interesting
Real history may not always grind the right ax for the producers and these dramas are not made for people who already know the story. I'm sure this will be enjoyable to watch as long as you don't use it as a source for your knowledge of Roman history. That is why I prefer things like Game of Thrones. Once you establish that dragons exist and the world map is not this world, you can take the story anywhere you please without stepping on the toes of truth. At least this is a different period not already covered over and over again by movie makers.
Well, GoT TV eventually diverged drastically enough from the "truth" of the original books. Not a wholly different phenomenon really. Phil Davis
The trailer doesn't look the greatest, but the premise sounds interesting. I've learned not to expect historical accuracy from these types of series. I thoroughly enjoyed Rome despite its numerous, egregious inaccuracies. I still feel that it captured the personalities/appearances of certain characters as I would have imagined them (i.e. antony, octavian, agrippa...etc.).
