The right to Rome: Matthew McNulty as Gaius, the future Emperor Augustus Credit: Stefano C Montesi Game of Thrones met Life of Brian in Sky Atlantic’s new historical blockbuster Domina. There was also a smattering of anachronistic girl power as the first of eight episodes introduced plucky heroine Livia Drusilla (Nadia Parkes). Kicking off with a vignette in which she smashed an assailant’s head in with a rock, it was established that Livia was no maiden in distress but a woman in control of her own destiny. The real Livia was – pauses to look up Wikipedia – third wife of Emperor Augustus, mother of Emperor Tiberius and grandmother of Caligula. But Domina re-purposed her as the original plucky girl-warrior: think Arya Stark from Game of Thrones crossed with Daisy Ridley in Star Wars.