Functional Order: Ni/Fe/Ti/Se
Dominant Function: Ni
Lucilla’s father laments that she was not born a man, for what a Caesar she would have made; it’s true, she is a strategic thinker, always focused on the future. When her brother arranges the gladiator games in order to “win over the mob,” Lucilla laments that he is using up their grain reserves to pay for them – in the future months, the people will starve. She knows instantly that Commodus has killed their father. She sees the potential in Maximus, both as a leader of men and a figurehead of Rome. She helps devise a scheme against her brother with each step carefully fixed in place.
Auxiliary Function: Fe
She is a diplomat who knows how to calm her brother down, remain in his good favor, smooth over his ruffling of feathers in the senate, and recruit others to stand against him. Lucilla reacts emotionally to her father’s death, then quickly appeases her brother and secures her safe place at his side. On more than one occasion, she tries to appeal to Maximus on emotional terms. She also thinks of the greater good of the citizens of Rome, to the extent where she places her own life in peril for their sake. Her skill in appeasement helps keep her alive.
Tertiary Function: Ti
Her intensity of thought and ability to think around problems to find new solutions proves her intellectual flexibility. Lucilla ponders everything from her brother’s true motivations and methods to her relationship with Maximus and what it might mean for them. She is careful to define her words in clear terms and often quickly rethinks her position, in order to stay on her brother’s good side
Inferior Function: Se
Clearly at home in the pleasures of the palace, Lucilla shows a hint of recklessness in her schemes against her brother, as well as an ability to be opportunistic and take advantage of situations as they come to her, but she neither actively pursues physical pleasures nor seems impulsive
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