The Empress is based on the collapse of the Austrian ... Austria, after the Holy Roman Empire ended in 1806, wanted to build a powerful central monarchy to consolidate its power.

Agrippina was also the most public empress the Romans had ever seen ... Today, it is the fourth most populous city in Germany and retains its Roman roots in its name: Cologne.

Female members of the imperial family, the wives, daughters - and particularly - mothers of Roman emperors are some of the most colourful characters of Rome in the early imperial age; as described ...

The history of the Roman Empire through the eyes of Livia Drusilla examines the reign of the empress's husband Augustus. It also covers the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.