You can feel the influence of this show in Sopranos, GOT, Rome, Boardwalk Empire, and House of Cards. Fun fact: the character of Livia Soprano shares the same name and cunning as Livia.
"A continual dripping on a very rainy day / And a contentious woman are alike; He who would restrain her restrains the wind, / And grasps oil with his right hand." (Proverbs 27:15-16) Recovery Version "It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop / Than in a house shared with a contentious woman." (Proverbs 25:24) Recovery Version "It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop / Than in a house shared with a contentious woman." (Proverbs 21:9) Recovery Version I used to think that Augustus was better off than Julius Caesar. Watching him suffer in this scene makes me think that perhaps Julius Caesar got off easy in 44BC on the Ides of March.
Livia pruned the family, until she got what she wanted, Tiberius was her son and a Claudii Caligula was the last Caesarii Princeps, that's pretty much the storyline right through till she offed Augustus himself.
Ok, where is THE clip, when (confused the hell out of me) Sian Phillips later character (Agrippina???), is talking to Claudius and he drops the act, and she realises that he’s played them all.
You can feel the influence of this show in Sopranos, GOT, Rome, Boardwalk Empire, and House of Cards.
Fun fact: the character of Livia Soprano shares the same name and cunning as Livia.
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He is doomed. She is worried he is behaving outside her control...
"A continual dripping on a very rainy day / And a contentious woman are alike; He who would restrain her restrains the wind, / And grasps oil with his right hand." (Proverbs 27:15-16) Recovery Version
"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop / Than in a house shared with a contentious woman." (Proverbs 25:24) Recovery Version
"It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop / Than in a house shared with a contentious woman." (Proverbs 21:9) Recovery Version
I used to think that Augustus was better off than Julius Caesar.
Watching him suffer in this scene makes me think that perhaps Julius Caesar got off easy in 44BC on the Ides of March.
Like John Lennon was doomed the more he pulled away from Yoko. She made it happen.
Germanicus was doomed first though
He pruned the family too much.
Livia pruned the family, until she got what she wanted, Tiberius was her son and a Claudii Caligula was the last Caesarii Princeps, that's pretty much the storyline right through till she offed Augustus himself.
The spider and the fly
Ladies and gentlemen, Sian Philips and Brian Blessed.
This is why David Lynch chose her for Dune. Her Gom Jabbar is unmatched
Ok, where is THE clip, when (confused the hell out of me) Sian Phillips later character (Agrippina???), is talking to Claudius and he drops the act, and she realises that he’s played them all.
You'll find it round the 32min mark in episode 7 Queen of Heaven.