1.12 Agrippina Minor (1) Daughter and Sister
/Agrippina Minor was born into the most richest, most august family's in Rome. And her childhood totally sucked.
Supplemental: The Royal Wedding Special
/On Saturday 19 May, Meghan Markle will become a member of the royal family of the UK and 15 other countries. It will be a great occasion, but how does it rank against royal weddings of the past? Is she the first bi-racial woman to marry a prince? Is she the first divorcee? Does she wanna be like Grace Kelly? All will be revealed.
The introductory footage from the weddings of: Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Princess Margaret, Princess Anne and Mark Philips, Prince George and Diana Spencer, and Prince William and Kate Middleton.
1.11 Valeria Messalina (2): Her Highness the Whore
/Messalina, along with her husband and friends in the Imperial administration led a period of repression to suppress the threat of revolts. Oh also she slept with everyone. But also the politics. Shockingly, this policy was destined to bite her in the behind.
1.10 Valeria Messalina (1): A Jealous and Suspicious Mind
/Messalina became Empress of Rome after the assassination of Caligula and his family, and quickly secured her position by giving birth to a son. But she had rivals that needed to be moved on.
1.9 Caligula's Wives
/Somewhere deep in the recesses of the world there is a list of the world's crappiest husbands. Caligula is on that list, and four women: Junia Claudilla, Livia Orestilla, Lollia Paulina and Milonia Caesonia were about to find that out.
1.8 Livia Drusilla (6) Princeps Femina
/The reign of Tiberius is most frequently described as being one of cruelty, depravity and neglect, but in actual fact, there was one elderly woman who was helping to keep it all together. Livia had quite a lot on her hands in her final years of life.
1.7 Livia Drusilla (5): Julia Augusta
/As Augustus final years, Livia took steps to make sure her son Tiberius took the throne.
1.6 Livia Drusilla (4): Murderous Machiavellian Matriarch?
/Augustus's reign was overshadowed by his inability to secure the succession and problems within his own family. Heir after heir fell by the wayside. But was there a snake in the grass?
Audio credit: "What Shall We Do About Claudius" I, Claudius, BBC, 1976
1.5 Livia Drusilla (3): Ulysses in a Petticoat
/Livia was the first Empress of Rome, and few others would exert so much influence.
1.4 Livia Drusilla (2): The Anti-Cleopatra
/By marrying Octavian, Livia had married a hugely powerful man - but he was not yet the Emperor. To win control of the Empire, he needed to vilify Antony and Cleopatra - and he used his wife and sister to do it.
SHOWNOTES
1.3 Livia Drusilla (1): The Whims of Fate
/Born into one of Rome's most noble families, Livia was married to a man below her station and who made terrible decisions - but she would soon catch the eye of the most powerful man in Rome.
1.2 The Fall of the Roman Republic
/The Roman Republic had managed to squash all its enemies - but then it turn in on itself. How did it happen? And who were the women in the centre of the action
1.1 The First First Ladies of Rome
/Ancient Rome was a highly patriarchal place - but did it mean to be a woman in that society? How were they viewed at the time? And what happened when they tried to become powerful?