e ▁for ▁himself ). ▁ ▁The ▁histor ians ▁T ac it us ▁and ▁Cass ius ▁D io ▁dep ict ▁an ▁over ween ing , ▁even ▁dom ine ering ▁dow ager , ▁ready ▁to ▁inter f ere ▁in ▁T iber ius ’ ▁dec isions , ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁instances ▁being ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Ur g ul ania ▁( grand m other ▁of ▁Claud ius ' s ▁first ▁wife ▁Pla ut ia ▁Ur g ul an illa ), ▁a ▁woman ▁who ▁correctly ▁assumed ▁that ▁her ▁friendship ▁with ▁the ▁em press ▁placed ▁her ▁above ▁the ▁law , ▁and ▁Mun atia ▁Pl anc ina , ▁sus pected ▁of ▁murder ing ▁German icus ▁and ▁saved ▁at ▁Liv ia ' s ▁entre aty ▁( Pl anc ina ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁in ▁AD ▁ 3 3 ▁after ▁being ▁accused ▁again ▁of ▁murder ▁after ▁Liv ia ' s ▁death ). ▁A ▁notice ▁from ▁AD ▁ 2 2 ▁records ▁that ▁Julia ▁August a ▁( L iv ia ) ▁dedicated ▁a ▁statue ▁to ▁August us ▁in ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁Rome , ▁placing ▁her ▁own ▁name ▁even ▁before ▁that ▁of ▁T iber ius . ▁ ▁An cient ▁histor ians ▁give ▁as ▁a ▁reason ▁for ▁T iber ius ' ▁ret irement ▁to ▁Cap ri ▁his ▁in ability ▁to ▁end ure ▁his ▁mother ▁any ▁longer . ▁Until ▁AD ▁ 2 2 ▁there ▁had , ▁according ▁to ▁T ac it us , ▁been ▁" a ▁genu ine ▁harm ony ▁between ▁mother ▁and ▁son , ▁or ▁a ▁hat red ▁well ▁conce aled ;" ▁D io ▁tells ▁us ▁that