I guess Graves deliberately chose a pretty dry style for most of this, as Claudius is supposed to be a historian and an admirer of factual historical accounts. I've also discovered a family tree of the characters - in itself not simple to follow with second and third marriages, step-relationships and so on.
According to the intro, by Barry Unsworth, Livia may not have been as evil as portrayed in the book, though people who got in her way did have a habit of dying conveniently.
We watched the next episode, and my main impression is that people aren't generally very pleasant, especially when political ambitions and wealth enter the equation.
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