Domina

2020

2.0

1 review

MA15+

Rating

Eligible

Domina, Season 1 episodes (8)

1 Fall

9/27/21

Golden Girl of Rome Livia Drusilla loses everything in the Civil War as her father and husband find themselves on the losing side, forcing her into exile. Livia has to make a heartbreaking decision to save her son's life and her own.

2 Rise

9/27/21

When an amnesty is suddenly declared, a pregnant Livia returns to Rome and sets out to rebuild her family fortunes - and save her friend - by seducing Gaius. But she is still married, and so is he…

3 Family

9/27/21

Livia has to help Gaius keep his power over the Senate despite her secret mission to restore the Republic, while managing a vicious family feud between her son Tiberius and Octavia's son, Marcellus.

4 Secrets

9/27/21

Livia's marriage to Gaius is compromised when she learns that she can't bear him any children. As her rivals circle, she stokes the antipathy between Marcellus and Agrippa to restore the balance of power in her favour.

5 Plague

9/27/21

Gaius' sudden illness provokes a political crisis and reveals the true weakness of Livia's position without him. It's up to Livia to resolve the situation, and keep Gaius safe.

6 Nightshade

9/27/21

Livia has no choice but to eliminate Marcellus, who plans to kill her sons and exile her and Antigone when he assumes Gaius' position, and must push forward via a poison plot at the beach despite discovering that their agent is in love with the target.

7 Treason

9/27/21

An imminent celebrity trial threatens to expose Gaius' tyranny and throw Livia's Mission off course. As Gaius' rivals taste blood in the water, Livia must outwit both them and her husband if the Family is to be kept together and her promise to her father in play.

8 Happiness

9/27/21

As Livia finally approaches her sons about their role in her Mission, the truth behind her role in Marcellus' death threatens to come out and destroy everything when Aprio's skeleton is discovered with damning evidence at Baiae.

About this show

After the assassination of Julius Caesar Rome is plunged into Civil War. Livia Drusilla, the golden girl of the prominent Claudii family, loses everything and is forced into exile. 10 years later she returns, determined to regain everything that was stolen from her. Which she does, brilliantly, by marrying the man who stole it. Domina follows Livia's journey from a naïve young girl to Rome's most powerful and influential Empress, driven by a deep desire to avenge her father and secure power for her sons. This is a visceral and authentic family saga, grounded in historical accuracy, bringing to life the incredible true stories of the women who would create one of the most enduring and fascinating dynasties of all time.

Ratings and reviews

2.0

1 review

Jack C

September 27, 2021

If they had just aged the original cast this would have worked. But the sudden early episode time shift replaces some excellent young actors with bad older ones and the show just dives. A real shame.