Compared to other emperors, his personal life was not as debauched, although the shenanigans of his family affected him and his reign. Claudius was not considered a warrior-emperor unlike a number of his predecessors and successors, even though he completed the annexation of Britain. However, unless they were familiar with the Robert Graves novels, I, Claudius or Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina, or the BBC miniseries adaption, Claudius the emperor would likely be unfamiliar. If they were thinking about the “more pleasant” emperors, they might mention either Augustus or Marcus Aurelius. Their thoughts would likely turn first to one of the notorious emperors, such as either Caligula or Nero. In one of the finest historical reconstructions of the century Robert Graves has created a character to compare with Dostoyevskys Prince Myshkin.If you asked the average person to name a Roman emperor, Claudius would likely not be on the tip of his tongue. It is the common people and the common soldiers who sustain him in his efforts to repair the damage of Caligulas reign, in his relations with the Jewish king, Herod Agrippa, his conquest of Britain, and his final reckoning with his promiscuous wife, Messalina. Reluctantly launched into the purple, he emerges as a man who erred on the side of good and credulity. But the reign he describes is far from folly. It is the common people and the common soldiers who sustain him in his efforts to repair the damage In the sequel to I, Claudius a republican Roman Emperor writes the story of his reign.
In the sequel to I, Claudius a republican Roman Emperor writes the story of his reign. In one of the finest historical reconstructions of the century Robert Graves has created a character to compare with Dostoyevskys Prince Myshkin.
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