Domina: Season 1

TV-MA

2021

Created by Simon Burke
Recommended
82%
72%
8 episodes
Drama
True Story & Biography

Ancient Rome drama tracing the rise of Livia Drusilla (Kasia Smutniak). Folllows Livia's journey from a naïve young girl whose... More

Ancient Rome drama tracing the rise of Livia Drusilla (Kasia Smutniak). Folllows Livia's journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress, driven by a deep desire to avenge her father and secure power for her sons. Co stars Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) and Colette Tchantcho (The Witcher).

Livia and her peers navigate their way through a brutal society by means of strategy, conspiracy, seduction and murder. She will soon discover that seizing power is not enough: you must be able to keep it when everyone else wants it.

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Domina: Season 1 episodes

Fall

Livia Drusilla loses everything in the Civil War as her... More father and husband find themselves defeated and forced into exile.

Rise

When an amnesty is declared, a pregnant Livia returns to... More Rome to rebuild her family fortunes and save her friend.

Family

Eleven years on, Livia is married to the powerful Gaius,... More and is pregnant again. Yet, she does not feel entirely secure.

Secrets

Livia's marriage to Gaius is compromised when she learns that... More she can't bear him any children.

Plague

Gaius' illness causes a political crisis and reveals the weakness... More of Livia's position without him, a problem she must solve.

Nightshade

Livia has no choice but to eliminate Marcellus, who plans... More to kill her sons and exile her when he assumes Gaius' position.

Treason

As Gaius' rivals taste blood in the water, Livia must... More outwit both them and her husband if the family is to be kept together.

Happiness

As Livia tells her sons about their role in her... More Mission, the truth behind her part in Marcellus' death threatens to come out.

Domina: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

Glad it exists

This is Gossip Girl if you swapped out the BlackBerries for wax tablets. It’s ridiculous on a subatomic level, and yet, I'm oddly glad it exists—a show like Domina offers a window into the past that turns out to really be a reflection of our present.