▁appears ▁in ▁ancient ▁visual ▁media ▁such ▁as ▁co ins ▁and ▁port ra its . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁provincial ▁co ins ▁in ▁ 1 6 ▁BC ▁and ▁her ▁portrait ▁images ▁can ▁be ▁chron olog ically ▁identified ▁partially ▁from ▁the ▁pro gression ▁of ▁her ▁hair ▁designs , ▁which ▁represented ▁more ▁than ▁keeping ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁f ash ions ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁as ▁her ▁dep iction ▁with ▁such ▁contemporary ▁details ▁translated ▁into ▁a ▁political ▁statement ▁of ▁representing ▁the ▁ideal ▁Roman ▁woman . ▁Liv ia ' s ▁image ▁evol ves ▁with ▁different ▁styles ▁of ▁portrait ure ▁that ▁trace ▁her ▁effect ▁on ▁imperial ▁propag anda ▁that ▁helped ▁bridge ▁the ▁gap ▁between ▁her ▁role ▁as ▁wife ▁to ▁the ▁em peror ▁August us , ▁to ▁mother ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ▁T iber ius . ▁Be coming ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁" be aut iful ▁woman " ▁she ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁in ▁ancient ▁texts , ▁Liv ia ▁serves ▁as ▁a ▁public ▁image ▁for ▁the ▁ideal ization ▁of ▁Roman ▁femin ine ▁qual ities , ▁a ▁mother ly ▁figure , ▁and ▁eventually ▁a ▁god dess like ▁representation ▁that ▁all udes ▁to ▁her ▁virtue . ▁Liv ia ' s ▁power ▁in ▁symbol izing ▁the ▁renew al ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁with ▁the ▁female ▁virt ues ▁Piet as ▁and ▁Con cord ia ▁in ▁public ▁displays ▁had ▁a ▁dram atic ▁effect ▁on ▁the ▁visual ▁representation ▁of ▁future ▁imperial ▁women ▁as ▁ideal , ▁honor able ▁moth ers ▁and ▁w ives ▁of ▁Rome . ▁ ▁In ▁modern ▁literature ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁popular ▁fict ional ▁work