Years later, Marcellus is promised to marry Julia. Livia's next miscarriage presumably renders her infertile; so, she offers Garius an out by filing for divorce, who wants a proper son and heir. The mothers now shift their plots for the sons, as Julia seems a spent force. Former pushover TIberius has proven a cruel rival, nearly letting Drusus fall on their first campaign. Agrippa cancels his friendship with Gaius, being denied the honorable campaign to recover the eagle standard lost against the Parthians. Livia saves her marriage after mending that rift, which nearly escalates into a homicidal duel, and pulling Maecenas and old Piso into the reconciliation dealing.
—KGF Vissers