Twenty years have passed and Livia, that evil woman as Claudius describes her, continues to spin her web. Her son Tiberius finally got to marry the Emperor's daughter Julia after the death of her second husband Agrippa. The marriage was at Livia's insistence and she forced him to divorce his wife in order to do so. Tiberius still loves her dearly and his marriage to Julia is not a happy one. Livia is not so fond of her other son, Drusus, who is off to the wars in Germany and is a supporter of a republican Rome. When he is injured, Livia sends her personal physician to treat him. He dies shortly thereafter. Drusus' wife Antonio had given him a son however, named Claudius. As for the Emperor, he is confident that his grandsons represent the future of Rome.
—garykmcd