My Monologue is on Livia Drusilla, also known as Julia Augusta
I am dictating my family histiory to a scribe
Thank you for coming. I am here to share with you my life. My name is Livia Drusilla. I was born in 58 bc. My mother was Alfida. She was very kind and sweet. My father Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, he was nice but could be very strict sometimes. I guess that he was not happy with his family because he killed himself when he was in Greece on a buisness trip.
Whn I was 16, I married Tiberius Claudious Nero. After Nero started fighting against Octavian, i was forced to move with my family to Sicilia, and was protected by Marc Antony. Later I moved to Greece. After Rome had gotten over the catastrophe, my family and I moved back to Rome.
Before I left, I had had a son, Tiberius and when I got back from Greece, I had my second son Drusus. After I gave birth to Drusus, I was personally introduced to Octavian but I don't remember why. It was love at first sight when I saw Octavian. I felt that I had to divorce Nero because I was in LOVE. It broke Nero's heart when I divorced him.
Octavian was named Augustus by the time we were married. We were married on January the 17, three days after I had given birth to Drusus. Together we raised his daughter Julia. But because of Roman laws, I couldn't raise my two sons. I must've cried for a long time because I couldn't see my children. Eventually, I got over it.
I was so amazed because since Augustus loved his sister Octavia and me dearly, we bacame very important in Rome. He made us statues, let us dedicate buildings, and be very powerful. i also had protection from the state so I couldn't get hurt. Augustus was very proud of me because I kept old Roman customs. I was head of the house, wove cloth for our clothes, cleaned the house and did many other unusual things that other women would never do. I also don't wear much jewelry or fancy clothes. he called me one of the role models of Rome.I am very faithful to my husband and always help him when he wants me to. I think that I am a succesful woman because I stay out of the way of my husband and mind my own business.
We have had a sucessful marriage for 52 years but now he's he's gone. I don't think that I can ever get over it. It is so devastating. i have followed his will and now own a third of his land. I try to keep our cult going since i am priestest, and am happy that i have been accepted into his lineage. Since his death I am now julia Augusta and am now a patrician. I am sad because my son now hates me and never lets me do anything unless he likes it. I have to obey him because he is the emperor of Rome now. I feel as though I will die of a broken heaart. I am sorry, but I cannot finish-