Livia is one of the most famous Roman women because she
a. aided Livy in the writing of the History of Rome.
b. was mother to the Gracchi brothers.
c. was Augustus' dynamic and outspoken wife.
d. ruled briefly during the third-century crisis.
e. impelled her son Constantine to convert to Christianity.
c
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