Two episodes will launch the eight-part season. The first season appeared two years ago, when the channel was still called EPIX.
MGM+ revealed more about the series' return in a press release:
"The epic, sweeping historical drama series Domina is set during one of the most provocative periods in Roman history. The series follows the extraordinary rise of Gaius/Emperor Augustus Caesar's third wife, Livia Drusilla, played by Kasia Smutniak (Diavoli/ Devils) The second season of Domina will premiere on MGM+ on Sunday, July 9 with two new episodes.
Domina season two chronicles the struggle for control of the Roman Empire and Rome's Imperial Family from a rare female perspective. In the first season, Livia Drusilla, the golden girl of the prominent Claudii family, returned to Rome after ten years of exile, determined to recover everything that had been stolen from her. Now, on top of a broken empire and a dysfunctional dynasty, she must fight to preserve her marriage to Gaius and find a way to enthrone one of her sons, while rivals new and old fight for supremacy in a world where the impossible to know who to trust.
Domina has expanded its cast this season with Benjamin Isaac as Tiberius, Joelle as Vipsania and David Avery (Gangs of London) as the young aristocrat Domitius.
Smutniak returns as Livia Drusilla, alongside Matthew McNulty (Gaius Julius Caesar, photo below), Liah O'Prey (Julia), Ben Batt (Agrippa), Ewan Horrocks (Drusus), Claire Forlani (Octavia), Darrell D'Silva ( Piso), Christine Bottomley (Scribonia) and Alais Lawson (Marcella).
Domina is produced by Tiger Aspect - part of Banijay UK - in association with MGM+ Studios, following an agreement with leading global distributor Banijay Rights. Domina was filmed at Rome's historic Cinecittà Studios and, in addition to airing on MGM+, the second season will also return to Sky in Europe in 2023.
The series was created by Simon Burke (Fortitude, Strike Back), with Burke, Lucy Bedford, Managing Director of Tiger Aspect, Muirinn Lane Kelly and Carmel Maloney serving as executive producers.
Check out two more first-look photos, the poster, and a trailer for Domina season two below.
