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Augustus und Livia - Liebe, Macht und Schwert

DocumentaryHistory
8.0·2021·N/A

Augustus is reputed to have been a violent, adventurous, power-hungry and unscrupulous warlord. Yet as founder of the Roman Empire, he ushered in a pe...

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Cast

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Johanna Egger

Livia

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Stefan Wancura

Beamter

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Benjamin Plautz

Marcus Salvius

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Wolfgang Muhr

Centurio

DIRECTORS

Stefan Ludwig, Christian Twente

OVERVIEW

Augustus is reputed to have been a violent, adventurous, power-hungry and unscrupulous warlord. Yet as founder of the Roman Empire, he ushered in a period of peace and prosperity. Drawing on the analysis of several historians, this documentary traces an extraordinary destiny: posthumously adopted by his great-uncle Julius Caesar, Octavian, the future Augustus, accepted an inheritance fraught with consequences. Having made his own empire prosper, he wrote his political will at the age of 76, without naming an heir. How was the succession of this childless strategist organized?