Livia drusilla

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Line One: Hatshepsut Zenobia Khutulun Agrippina the Younger Aspasia Livia Drusilla Line Two: Aethelflaed Gorgo Theodora Puduhepa Wu Zetian Amelia Aerhart Line Three: Marie Antoinette Cleopatra Frieda Khalo Tomyris Nefertiti Sappho Line Four: Artemisia Gentileschi Boudica Elizabeth I Lady Fu Hao Caterina Sforza Joan of Arc

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Gaius Caesar (Portrayed by Earl Rhodes [with Livia Drusilla, Portrayed by Sian Phillips] in the BBC TV Series 'I, Claudius' (1976))

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Empress LIVIA DRUSILLA (58 BC – 29 AD), Augusta, the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus. Reconstruction is made by History in 3D Original photo: Carole Raddato #romansincolour