The lines on her neck are something called ''Venus rings'' and I read somewhere they were seen as a sign of femininity and beauty in Ancient Rome, so that might be another reason why it was included. I actually think they are kinda pretty. Also I must say your channel quickly became of one my favorite channels on RUclips, it's the perfect mix of interesting facts and skilled artistry, please keep uploading
That's cool. I have rings on my neck. I guess I had it already as a little girl. Actually I have Afrodita shape lips. It is nice to find out that I have Venus rings on my neck 😁
For hair and skin colours, there is a similar reconstruction of another statue of Livia, that was found near Pompeï. That reconstruction gives her "golden" hair and blue eyes. Perhaps this was based on traces of paint still present on the statue. Whether or not, however, this would reflect Livia's actual hair and skin colour, may be a different matter, but it could indeed be a reference to what Livia looked like. On a side note: historians (usually male) have rarely been kind to women who came close to power, or were actually in power.
Which would be interesting since blond and red hair were associated with prostitutes. Thus, how common would natural light hair and eyes have been to native Italians - a Mediterranean people - at that time? Would that have been a true representation of her or a stylized version? Especially given that it was found in Pompeii. Could it have been some sort of parody of Livia? Does it even date from the appropriate time period? Since in Roman times, dark hair was considered the ideal for a Roman matron whereas it was in Medieval Europe that blond became an ideal.
I don't know how you do it, but everything you show the reveal I get chills! There's so much life in these people. And you make them so beautiful. Not the plastic kind of beauty that we see in magazines; but the unique kind of beauty that is unique to each one of these individuals. You are doing them such justice with these recreations.
this is so fascinating to watch! you remarkably bring these historical figures to life in a way ive never seen before. would love to see one on the romanov family!
Very nice work. I notice that you like to give the women modern long hair styles. That's fine, but I'd like to see them with their own hairstyle. Hair style tells us something about personality. There's nothing wrong with having two reconstructions. One, as she might look in modern fashion, and one as she might have looked in the fashion of her time.
I would have loved to have met Livia. On all accounts she was a remarkable woman. Beautiful and intelligent. It is said that she was the one person who done great honour to her name. What a woman
Livia was the luckiest women in history. Not only she wed a Caesar but she was wed to the greatest military leader in history. She gained her title of empress for that.
The Venus lines or rings were stylized at that time. She was the most powerful woman in the known world at the time she would have been portrayed as such. You're interpretation was flawless given where she was from in the Empire. She and Augustus pushed the whole of his reign for traditional Roman family values. The even supposedly had some people executed for violating them openly.
I'm really loving these videos, beautiful work. It's making these people far more real than when you just read about their lives in history books. I wanted to throw out a couple of names from history that I'd love to see done. William Wallace and Boadicea.
I like the half sculpture and half recreation at the end. Moreover, adding the history while morphing is most interesting. You do not do that in all of your videos. With the history is so much better. Thank you.
Great recreation! She looks lovely. Honestly, I can never fully trust those men wrote of how awful women of history. They often times painted her as the taint of the perfect men (then later it was proven those women ain't awful). They oftentimes downplayed those women achievements or their roles.
thing is they also wrote about how good women were too. I find it entirely plausible Livia was a piece of work. historians spoke glowingly about her step daughter Julia.
"Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes, if you please, no reference to examples in books. Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.- Anne Elliot , Persuasion by Jane Austen I always take historical descriptions of women lightly when written by men. Lol
Very nice. Why won't you try now recreation with a golden hair, blue or green eyes and non modern styled hair ? Because most probably she had a fair hair and light eyes... I have to tell you that your recreations are very beautiful 🌷🌷🌷
@@susaanna7951 Eres así porque la Italia de ahora, es una gigantesca combinación de gente nórdica, celta, oriental, mediterránea y demás gentes. La Italia del tiempo de Livia y la tuya, no son comparables etnicamente.
@@EL1X10 i am sorry but your knowledge of genetics is surely lacking. Green/Blues eyes and light hair is not, by any means, limited to Scandinavians. Most Romans probably had brown eyes and hair, but we also know that a sizeable number did have light eyes and hair. Furthermore, the current consensus on Europe's genetic heritage (pretty much true to all of Europe, with varying percentages) is that the modern population is a mixture of three major migrations: hunter-gatheres, neolithic farmers from Anatolia and steppe people (maybe Yamnaya culture).
Hmm. Tacitus, Suetonius and other early historians have the advantage in being near contemporaries of the events they describe. One disadvantage is, if they wished to keep their heads or not be banished, they should exercise a certain degree of flattery. There is indeed some confusion about the physical attributes of the persons described but if only you came up with a skull (even of near family), your photocomposition would be more firmly based. as for hair colour... Roman Matrons (and poets and emperors) often wore wigs! Can't help feeling you've made Livia doe-eyed so that the actress Kasia Smutniak will be promoted! Robert Graves was an OXBRIDGE University scholar. there is no reason to suppose that his historically research "fiction" (excellent BTW) of "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God" should not be considered sound. Or that "Domina" is better researched... rather influenced by feminist interests ;)
Livia indeed looks a lot like Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer, which fits because "DRVSILLA" largely is a backward version of "Alice Herd[...]" and I anyway since a long time consider Carl Zuckmayer as a strong candidate for a reincarnation of Augustus (just like Friedrich von Hardenberg = Novalis).
2:54 I'm glad you included this qualification.. most Emperors and their wives in early Rome were reported to have fair hair/eyes, and there was a statue found of her near Pompeii which had blond/blue, so this one was probably not quite accurate.. still very interesting, though, thank you.
I think she probably did have dark hair and eyes. I also had a preconceived notions if her personality from the I Claudius t.v. series long ago. She was potrayed as positively evil.
I always wondered why so many frescoes from Pompeii show the women looking like images of Victorian women, with the tiny cupid lipped mouth and sloping shoulders. I guess that was their idea of beauty at the time?
Yeah, she looked nothing like any of the statues. But I guess they think small pig noses are cool now, look at the woman who played Attia (I like her as an actress, don’t get me wrong) and the actual coins of Attia and her prominent nose. 🤷🏻♀️ Kinda gross to apply modern standards of beauty to historical series, but Cleopatra is always the worst, we know Julius had a statue created of her that was very life-like, with a BIG prominent nose, and they make her look nothing like that in series or movies, or even ads, ever. It’s pretty gross imho.
So interesting. If DNA, ancestry trees and historical records are correct, Drusilla would be my 69th great grandmother. The little DNA we would share at this distance would be almost moot, but still it’s nice to romanticize our relation.
Livia Drusilla was a beautiful woman. Too bad the ancient Roman sculptures don't show what color hair and eyes these people had, unlike the portraits of the Tudor era.
How you bring these people from history back to life amazes me
The lines on her neck are something called ''Venus rings'' and I read somewhere they were seen as a sign of femininity and beauty in Ancient Rome, so that might be another reason why it was included. I actually think they are kinda pretty. Also I must say your channel quickly became of one my favorite channels on RUclips, it's the perfect mix of interesting facts and skilled artistry, please keep uploading
That's cool. I have rings on my neck. I guess I had it already as a little girl. Actually I have Afrodita shape lips. It is nice to find out that I have Venus rings on my neck 😁
It’s called “tech neck” now. 😂
I have those too 😁
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Means she was chubby not fat but chubby
She looks very much Italian sa she for sure was so its most probably accurate.. nice work!
Actress Sian Phiips did a great portrayal of Livia Drusilla in the1970's TV miniseries I, Claudius.
Fantastic portrayal. She amazed me at 14, the first time I watched the series when it aired on PBS. All these years later her acting is still phenom.
@@kimquinn7728 Marvellous. She played the character from the age of 14 to 79!!!
For hair and skin colours, there is a similar reconstruction of another statue of Livia, that was found near Pompeï. That reconstruction gives her "golden" hair and blue eyes. Perhaps this was based on traces of paint still present on the statue. Whether or not, however, this would reflect Livia's actual hair and skin colour, may be a different matter, but it could indeed be a reference to what Livia looked like.
On a side note: historians (usually male) have rarely been kind to women who came close to power, or were actually in power.
Which we could take in account of if it was recorded what hair and eye color her two sons had.
Which would be interesting since blond and red hair were associated with prostitutes. Thus, how common would natural light hair and eyes have been to native Italians - a Mediterranean people - at that time? Would that have been a true representation of her or a stylized version? Especially given that it was found in Pompeii. Could it have been some sort of parody of Livia? Does it even date from the appropriate time period? Since in Roman times, dark hair was considered the ideal for a Roman matron whereas it was in Medieval Europe that blond became an ideal.
I don't know how you do it, but everything you show the reveal I get chills! There's so much life in these people. And you make them so beautiful. Not the plastic kind of beauty that we see in magazines; but the unique kind of beauty that is unique to each one of these individuals. You are doing them such justice with these recreations.
this is so fascinating to watch! you remarkably bring these historical figures to life in a way ive never seen before. would love to see one on the romanov family!
Wow, she's beautiful!
Liked the one of her smiling. Loved the half and half at the end.
I'm becoming a little bit obsessed with these videos I hope that you can do one on Caesar.❤️☺️
Very nice work. I notice that you like to give the women modern long hair styles. That's fine, but I'd like to see them with their own hairstyle. Hair style tells us something about personality.
There's nothing wrong with having two reconstructions. One, as she might look in modern fashion, and one as she might have looked in the fashion of her time.
Amazing! Living in Copenhagen, I will have to go and see that bust.
I would have loved to have met Livia. On all accounts she was a remarkable woman. Beautiful and intelligent. It is said that she was the one person who done great honour to her name. What a woman
Livia was the luckiest women in history. Not only she wed a Caesar but she was wed to the greatest military leader in history. She gained her title of empress for that.
@@elperrodelautumo7511 I wouldn't call Augustus the greatest military leader in history, his friend Agrippa did most of that for him.
The Venus lines or rings were stylized at that time. She was the most powerful woman in the known world at the time she would have been portrayed as such. You're interpretation was flawless given where she was from in the Empire. She and Augustus pushed the whole of his reign for traditional Roman family values. The even supposedly had some people executed for violating them openly.
I'm really loving these videos, beautiful work. It's making these people far more real than when you just read about their lives in history books. I wanted to throw out a couple of names from history that I'd love to see done. William Wallace and Boadicea.
Beautiful! I love it! 🥰 We favor in looks!!!
I just Marvel at your Recreations at photoshop; fascinating!!!
This is a good one- love your interruption of Livia.
.....Wonder Women?
Why the profile picture?
Beautiful Work. TY ❤️
Outstanding work
Your recreation is the most accurate from other people. Thanks for your job.
Wow! You have convinced me to finally use Instagram.
Amazing!
Fascinating 🤔
btw, you have such a soft lovely voice
Thank you!
@@RoyaltyNowStudios pleasure
I like the half sculpture and half recreation at the end. Moreover, adding the history while morphing is most interesting. You do not do that in all of your videos. With the history is so much better. Thank you.
Can u do some portraits of indian kings and queens ?
When I was a teenager I studied with a girl called Conceição, she was easily identical to Lívia, I was totally enchanted by the beauty of this woman
Great recreation! She looks lovely.
Honestly, I can never fully trust those men wrote of how awful women of history. They often times painted her as the taint of the perfect men (then later it was proven those women ain't awful). They oftentimes downplayed those women achievements or their roles.
thing is they also wrote about how good women were too. I find it entirely plausible Livia was a piece of work. historians spoke glowingly about her step daughter Julia.
Very well done! One of my first thoughts.. was.. Isn't she looking somehow like Eva Braun ?
Could you do Tommaso de Savoy or Catherine Di medici?
"Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes, if you please, no reference to examples in books. Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.- Anne Elliot , Persuasion by Jane Austen
I always take historical descriptions of women lightly when written by men. Lol
Could you do a blonde version. Only because I know someone who looks like and she has blue eyes and light brown hair.
Absolutely like an Italian woman of nowadays, to me looks slightly Giovanna Battaglia.
I think it was in the annals of. Tacitus, where she was described as being extremely beautiful but very devious and scheming.
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I'd imagine the small mouth isn't accurate on the statues as this is a feature common to idealized sculpture in antiquity.
It is nice to know my small mouth was in at one time 😆
Very nice. Why won't you try now recreation with a golden hair, blue or green eyes and non modern styled hair ? Because most probably she had a fair hair and light eyes... I have to tell you that your recreations are very beautiful 🌷🌷🌷
Romans were mediterraneans, not nordic people. They cannot had green eyes or golden hair.
@@EL1X10 il sono italiana del sud, mediterranea e sono bionda con gli occhi azzurri e la pelle chiarissima
@@susaanna7951 Eres así porque la Italia de ahora, es una gigantesca combinación de gente nórdica, celta, oriental, mediterránea y demás gentes.
La Italia del tiempo de Livia y la tuya, no son comparables etnicamente.
@@EL1X10some Nordic are dark haired or with brown eyes. And lots of Mediterranean have blue or green eyes and light hair, and fair skin too
@@EL1X10 i am sorry but your knowledge of genetics is surely lacking. Green/Blues eyes and light hair is not, by any means, limited to Scandinavians. Most Romans probably had brown eyes and hair, but we also know that a sizeable number did have light eyes and hair. Furthermore, the current consensus on Europe's genetic heritage (pretty much true to all of Europe, with varying percentages) is that the modern population is a mixture of three major migrations: hunter-gatheres, neolithic farmers from Anatolia and steppe people (maybe Yamnaya culture).
Pues si ,era muy bella como dicen los libros de historia de Roma
Hmm.
Tacitus, Suetonius and other early historians have the advantage in being near contemporaries of the events they describe.
One disadvantage is, if they wished to keep their heads or not be banished, they should exercise a certain degree of flattery.
There is indeed some confusion about the physical attributes of the persons described but
if only you came up with a skull (even of near family), your photocomposition would be more firmly based.
as for hair colour... Roman Matrons (and poets and emperors) often wore wigs!
Can't help feeling you've made Livia doe-eyed so that the actress Kasia Smutniak will be promoted!
Robert Graves was an OXBRIDGE University scholar. there is no reason to suppose that his historically research "fiction" (excellent BTW) of "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God" should not be considered sound. Or that "Domina" is better researched... rather influenced by feminist interests ;)
Oh the Carlsberg Glyptotech is just a few metro stops away
The domina series is historically accurate on her looks then.
Livia indeed looks a lot like Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer, which fits because "DRVSILLA" largely is a backward version of "Alice Herd[...]" and I anyway since a long time consider Carl Zuckmayer as a strong candidate for a reincarnation of Augustus (just like Friedrich von Hardenberg = Novalis).
should had variation of eye color, hair color, mix combine and/or is there any indication of information from her parents perhaps. still interesting
Can you show them aging? :)
10/10, would
Dammit Janet!
Probably one of the smartest women in history.
That's a name you don't hear anymore.
Know any Drusillas, peeps?
BELLA!
2:54 I'm glad you included this qualification..
most Emperors and their wives in early Rome were reported to have fair hair/eyes, and there was a statue found of her near Pompeii which had blond/blue, so this one was probably not quite accurate.. still very interesting, though, thank you.
would you please try to do William Wallace ?
Well, if at all accurate, _she was beautiful Roman woman!_
Does her family line member still live in Rome ?
I think she probably did have dark hair and eyes. I also had a preconceived notions if her personality from the I Claudius t.v. series long ago. She was potrayed as positively evil.
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Can you do Julia Drusilla?
I always wondered why so many frescoes from Pompeii show the women looking like images of Victorian women, with the tiny cupid lipped mouth and sloping shoulders. I guess that was their idea of beauty at the time?
The actress the Brits selected from the Rome series looked so different from this.
Yeah, I didn't like their choice. What was with her SUPER HIGH forehead?
@@benjalucian1515 Genetics I guess lol
Yeah, she looked nothing like any of the statues. But I guess they think small pig noses are cool now, look at the woman who played Attia (I like her as an actress, don’t get me wrong) and the actual coins of Attia and her prominent nose. 🤷🏻♀️ Kinda gross to apply modern standards of beauty to historical series, but Cleopatra is always the worst, we know Julius had a statue created of her that was very life-like, with a BIG prominent nose, and they make her look nothing like that in series or movies, or even ads, ever. It’s pretty gross imho.
Very nice work!It seems she wasnt a beauty-even ugly- and if she was evil i dont understand what Augustus liked in her
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she look like a persian woman specially her eyes
So interesting. If DNA, ancestry trees and historical records are correct, Drusilla would be my 69th great grandmother. The little DNA we would share at this distance would be almost moot, but still it’s nice to romanticize our relation.
That looks like my sister in law. 😂
Livia Drusilla was a beautiful woman. Too bad the ancient Roman sculptures don't show what color hair and eyes these people had, unlike the portraits of the Tudor era.
Sorry she was described as looking nothing like this she was said to have reddish blonde hair with light eyes.
'Domina' is a complete ball of crap- historically speaking.
She certainly didn't have dark hair & eyes like a arab
Because Roman people don’t ever have dark hair and dark eyes? What?
@@RoyaltyNowStudios During that period, especially the nobility, was overwhelmingly light eyed & haired
I think she's beautiful and being a "modern" woman who's to say she doesn't have colored contacts and dyes her locks 😁
Why do you think that?
So only Arabs have dark hair and eyes?
That’s the most beautiful woman in Rome? 😐