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Just what it says in the title. How would history and the Roman Succession be changed if Augustus and Livia had a son? Both had had children from previous marriages so there's no real reason that they couldn't (I'm guessing that there was either a miscarriage that rendered Livia sterile or perhaps the problem lay with Augustus). Lets say this child is born between 30 and 25 BC, this son would come of age between 14 and 9 BC. Would having a direct son and heir give Augustus a reason to create a proper and set succession? Would this help stabilize the Empire in later years?
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