ia ▁Dr us illa ▁pl otted ▁against ▁her ▁step d augh ter ' s ▁family ▁and ▁ru ined ▁them . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁open ▁comp ass ion ▁for ▁the ▁fallen ▁family . ▁Julia ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 9 ▁AD ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁island ▁where ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁sent ▁in ▁ex ile ▁twenty ▁years ▁earlier . ▁ ▁Life ▁after ▁August us , ▁death , ▁and ▁after math ▁ ▁August us ▁died ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 4 ▁AD , ▁being ▁de ified ▁by ▁the ▁Senate ▁shortly ▁afterwards . ▁In ▁his ▁will , ▁he ▁left ▁one ▁third ▁of ▁his ▁property ▁to ▁Liv ia , ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁third s ▁to ▁T iber ius . ▁In ▁the ▁will , ▁he ▁also ▁adopted ▁her ▁into ▁the ▁Julian ▁family ▁and ▁granted ▁her ▁the ▁honor ific ▁title ▁of ▁August a . ▁These ▁dispos itions ▁permitted ▁Liv ia ▁to ▁maintain ▁her ▁status ▁and ▁power ▁after ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁death , ▁under ▁the ▁new ▁name ▁of ▁Julia ▁August a . ▁T ac it us ▁and ▁Cass ius ▁D io ▁wrote ▁that ▁rum ours ▁pers isted ▁that ▁August us ▁was ▁poison ed ▁by ▁Liv ia , ▁but ▁these ▁are ▁mainly ▁dismiss ed ▁as ▁mal icious ▁fabric ations ▁spread ▁by ▁political ▁enemies ▁of ▁the ▁dynast y . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁of ▁these ▁rum ors ▁was ▁that ▁Liv ia , ▁unable ▁to ▁poison ▁his ▁food ▁in ▁the ▁k itch ens ▁because ▁August us ▁ins isted ▁on ▁only ▁e ating ▁fig s ▁picked ▁fresh ▁from ▁his ▁garden , ▁s me