Episode 1 - I, Claudius Season 1 -

Livia begins a cold, calculated campaign to eliminate anyone standing in Tiberius’s way.

Powerful but easily manipulated by Livia’s domestic "advice." I, Claudius Season 1 - Episode 1

Claudius believes his survival is due to his perceived "idiocy," which makes him non-threatening to Livia. Livia begins a cold, calculated campaign to eliminate

Livia manipulates Augustus into marrying his daughter Julia to Marcellus to solidify the succession. Livia begins a cold

The mastermind; she uses poison and social engineering as her primary weapons.

Marcus Agrippa, Augustus’s loyal general, resents the young and arrogant Marcellus.

Briefly seen as a child, already being mocked for his stammer and physical limp. Notable Themes