" And I suppose your niece Amilia invited you to assault her too?" Livia had said this when she accused Postumus of raping Livilla. " Come, my dear, tell me, was Augustus very much affected when he met Postumus after all those years? He's much more tender-hearted than he makes out." Livia had deceived Marcia when she wanted to know what Augustus doing in secret behind her back. .
Livia moreover show that she frugal by having a set of rules that applied to every member of the family instead of just to the slaves and freedmen. "Her rules were: plain but plentiful food, regular family worship, no hot baths after meals, constant work for everyone, and no waste. "Everyone" was not merely the slaves and freedmen but every member of the family. The unfortunate child Julia was expected to set an example of industry. She led a very weary life. She had a regular daily task of wool to card and spin, and cloth to weave, and needlework to do, and was made to rise from her hard bed at dawn, and even before dawn, in winter months, to be able to get through it. And because her stepmother believed in liberal education for girls, she was set, among other tasks, to learn the whole of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey by heart." Claudius had written this when he had commented on how frugal she was.
Livia in addition to shows that she is a very determined when she deceived Marcia into believing that Augustus trusted her very much so that she could find out what Augustus was doing while he was sailing on a boat, even though she knew he hated sailing. Livia proves that she is very determined to insult Tiberius by reading previous letters Augustus had written saying bad things about Tiberius. "Oh, you are cautious. You"re just like that sentry of Tiberius's in Dalmatia who wouldn't let Tiberius himself into the camp one evening when he came back from a ride because he couldn't give the watchword. "Orders are orders, General," the idiot said.
