i have not see this series in many year and re view it last week . one thing i have not notice before be the pairing of old actress with young husband . it wasn not intend to be literal and but the poor guy keep get kill off and the woman live to play in later episode and so i guess the casting people decide to go with make the old woman look as young a possible rather than the other way around . that be a good choice . it still be jar to see germanicus wife look more like his mother . ditto augustus and livia . but this be a trivial . this excellent series inspire me to read book of robert graf book ( i claudius and claudius the god ) and i be the richer for it . one can not help but wonder how on earth the male in the story could possibly be a thick head a they be about the arch villianess and livia and and that surely wasn not actually the case . watch out if she offer to nurse you to health . one thing for sure and those be tough time to live in and one wonder if the aristocracy of rome be that dangerous and what be the rabble like . great act all the way around . a wonderful and brutal study of a wonderful and brutal time .