 Becoming more than the "beautiful woman" she is described as in ancient texts, Livia serves as a public image for the idealization of Roman feminine qualities, a motherly figure, and eventually a goddesslike representation that alludes to her virtue.Livia's power in symbolizing the renewal of the Republic with the female virtues "Pietas" and "Concordia" in public displays had a dramatic effect on the visual representation of future imperial women as ideal, honorable mothers and wives of Rome.In the popular fictional work "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves—based on Tacitus' innuendo—Livia is portrayed as a thoroughly Machiavellian, scheming political mastermind.