Livia Drusilla: The Most Powerful Woman in Rome
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Women in Ancient Rome
In ancient roman society, egypt had several female rulers. England had many significant female rulers. China had a female emperor by the name of woozi tan. However, had no female emperors before the collapse of the western empire. There were no women who came even close to power in the west. Enter livia drucilla. Livia's father was marcus livius drusus claudianus. And the name, livia drucillus is the feminized version of her father's name,. which was the roman naming convention at the time for women. She was born in the year 59 b c. The important thing to note here is that livia
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