I Claudius
from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born B.C. X, murdered and deified A.D. LIV
by Robert Graves
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Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 B.C. to 54 A.D. Despised as a weakling and considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the mad Calgula to become emperor in 41 A.D. I, Claudius is written in the form of Claudius' autobiography and is one of the classics of modern fiction, the best fictional reconstruction of Rome ever written.
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Literature, Emperadores, Fiction in English, Biographical fiction, Emperors, Historia, Emperor of Rome, Rome, Ficción, Fiction, Novela biográfica, History, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Rome, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, biographical, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction subjectsPeople
Claudio Emperador de Roma (10 a.C-54 d.C), Claudius Emperor of Rome (10 B.C.-54 A.D), Augustus, Tiberius, Roman emperor, Valeria Messalina (d. 48)Times
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"Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus This-that-and-the-other (for I shall not trouble you yet with all my titles) who was once, and not so long ago either, known to my friends and relatives and associates as "Claudius the Idiot", or "That Claudius", or "Claudius the Stammere", or "Clau-Clau-Claudius" or at best as "Poor Uncle Claudius", am now about to write this strange history of my life; starting from my earliest childhood and continuing year by year until I reach the fateful point of change where, some eight years ago, at the age of fifty-one, I suddenly found myself caught in what I may call the "golden predicament" from which I have never since become disentangled."
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