Drusus Nero

The death of Livilla at the hands of her mother in the series "I, Claudius" seems pretty believable to me. All her adult life Antonia (Livilla's mother) had tried to live as a proper Roman matron should. And I think when such a serious situation as this cropped up (Sejanus attempting to take over the state) she didn't want her family's good name to be open to scorn and abuse by the public. I think she was also ashamed to think of what Drusus might have thought his daughter's actions?.

Of course it can't be proved "beyond reasonable doubt", as the lawyers say, but my money's on Livia. Now obviously she couldn't have murdered him herself, but, it is/was possible for her to have had someone on the inside . Maybe working as one of Germanicus' household staff?, it's something we can never be 100% sure about, but it's one method worth considering.

Yes, I must say, Barbara Young was never a conventionally beautiful woman . Although, in my opinion at least, Sheila White was quite attractive .

Yes, Patricia was very good as Livilla, she really brought the charcter to life .

I must admit, I haven't watched that bit of the series in a while, but it's all good . There's something that has puzzled me about Caligula's early years . Do you think he was a degenerate right from the start or was it the influence of Tiberius after he went to stay with him at Capri that finally corrupted him?. He was a strange child if his portrayal in the series is any to go by .

Let's see if my memory serves me right . Wasn't one of the objects a tankard?, of course, I could be wrong .

Yes, I remember, didn't he play Livia's private secretary?.

I heard he (Castor) bore a very strong likeness to a famous gladiator of the time .

Salve, DN! I guess it was Tiberius. Yes, you're right, it was Tiberius .

"You know, that family is begining to resemble a Greek tragedy" Who spoke this quote that summed things up perfectly about Julia's family?.

Wow, you're all so good!. As Livia might say "You have made a study of it".

Here's a good one, mind you, it might be a bit vague. Pallas once gave someone this advice "What can a dead man do?. Go and get buried", but who was he talking to?.

I don't know if anybody else notices little mistakes in a film or T.V. programme that, for one reason or another, were left in the final edit?. For example there's a bit in "I, Claudius" that I don't think was meant to be seen. After Sejanus has come back from visiting Tiberius at Capri, he is talking to Livilla about marrying her daughter Helen, and Livilla has a goblet of wine in her hand. Anyway, she goes to put it down on the table but misses at first, then tries again. There's another bit when Sejanus is talking to a senator, and just a split second before Castor enters the room, you can see the actor giving Patrick Stewart his cue to turn around.

I think both Herod and Postumous offered him a handkerchief?.

I seem to recall Augustus wasn't so much pruning the roses as slaughtering them .