The First Empress of Rome

Bust of Livia Drusilla, Louvre

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On January 30th 58 BCE, Livia Drusilla Claudia was born. As the wife of the emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE), she would become the first empress of Rome. 

Livia died on September 28th 29 CE, at the ripe old age of eighty-seven.