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.

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.

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 ...