It's not fair to accuse Livia of things without any proof.
Why shouldn't I? She accuses me of all kinds of things without proof.
Make sure she doesn't get any, then.
“Family Affairs”
In this episode: Nero Claudius Drusus (3), Tiberius (3), Julia the Elder (2), Augustus (1), Antonia Minor (1)
[about Livia] They say a snake bit her once... and died.
A man should keep himself clean, not have slaves do it.
And how's he supposed to scrape his own back?
He gets his brother to do it.
If he hasn't got a brother?
He gets his son.
If he hasn't got a son?
Gets his friend.
And if he hasn't got a friend?
Then he should go and hang himself.
I've tried it. Better to have a slave scrape your back.
[To young Gaius and Lucius, playing a board game.]
I wouldn't take Britain if I were you. There's nothing of value there and the people make very poor slaves.
The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!
[Dying words] Rome has a severe mother, and Gaius and Lucius a cruel stepmother.
Let me go, you fat drunken cow!
Fat? Fat? If I'm fat, I'm fat where a woman should be fat, not skinny like a boy!
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