Livia

People live. People die. People believe in a God. People believe in many gods. It is all human nature; to live and die and have faith. In the memoir “I Have Lived a Thousand Years” by Livia Bitton-Jackson, life, death, and faith are all aspect of humanity that the main characters of this memoir had to deal with. However simple these three words may seem, they are more complex than any human could possibly perceive them to be. Elli Friedman is the main character in this memoir, and her family and…

by having brilliant sons, they did not gain prestige through wielding political power. Livia was the most powerful empress from ancient times, and left big footsteps for her successors to fill. In 44 BC Caesar was assassinated, and left his great nephew to secure his power and seek vengeance for his murder. At this time Livia was 16, married, and expecting her first child. After the birth and her child, Livia, her husband, and newborn child were taken as a…

Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27B.C-68A.D)). The first emperor of the Julio-Claudian line was Augustus, Claudius’ grandmothers newest husband, who will be explained in more details later. A couple of things that stood out in the book was Claudius’ grandmother Livia. Her life adventures directly affect Claudius and the events that preceded him. Claudius explains how there are two different types of Claudians. He makes it clear that he is of the “good apple” Claudians, however, his grandmother is under…

that they were gaining a little more respect. The influence the fist lady had on the imperial family was that she could have a huge say in what was happening in the empire in the household and could be recognized for it a little out of the household. Livia was a very influential First woman of…

they shares some similarities as well. Doris doesn't have respect for Livia because she think that Livia is rude "it's okay, Bernice, Olivia said, lightly touching Doris's mother's shoulder. Doris cringed. Not even her father called Doris's mother by her first name"(Packer217). In this excerpt, Livia addressed Doris mom by her first name which is consider imprudent and impolite. Livia is seen as a rude white girl however in Livia mind she wasn't indecorous toward Doris's mother because she was…

which almost no modern sources remembered her as such; Agrippina was not often remembered at all, unlike Augustus and his wife Livia. Agrippina’s the younger played an important notable role in the Julio-Claudian family performance. Which had influenced her as its origin the only resource available to women of her time, and especially the male power. Agrippina was before Livia and the wife of one emperor and the mother of another. She was also the sister of a third and the daughter of a prince…

thought of as very influential during the ancient times as it is commonly thought that until recent century or so women were oppressed by man and lived by their hand, but that is not entirely true. In Rome during the rule of Augustus Caesar his wife, Livia was a huge political…

Tiberius also known as Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero, a former fleet captain for Julius Caesar. Tiberius’ mom was Livia Drusilla a beautiful woman who may have been only 13 years old when she gave birth to him in 42 BC. The elder Tiberius pledged his allegiance to Mark Anthony following the year of Caesars assassination. Unfortunately when Augustus began to feud with Mark Antony the elder Tiberius had to flee with his family. Over the course of a few years…

This biographical sketch primarily looks at the life of Augustus Caesar from his birth to his death. Looking at achievements he made as an emperor of the Ancient Rome and how he acquired the power. His family is also looked into. The first emperor after the death of Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, commonly known as Octavian was born Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C., in Velletri, Italy approximately 40km from Rome, into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebian Octavii family.…

Once upon a time there was an island that had a big volcano called Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and everybody had to get to high grounds all the people in Pompeii die but there were two little children looking For there parents but they found their parents at the at&t store they started Running down the street then they saw their dad chasing the goat down the And everybody started to panic and they started heading for higher ground Street then they saw the clouds get darker than mount…