6/6/2023 0 Comments Graves robert i claudius![]() ![]() Graves gives voice to his story by writing through a series of Claudius' own memoirs. when Caligula is murdered, and Claudius is declared emperor. when Augustus rose to sole power, through Tiberius and Caligula, to 41 A.D. I, Claudius is an exceedingly well-crafted history of the first four Emperors of the Roman Empire - roughly from 30 B.C. It's not for those looking for nice light beach reading. Graves' seminal work, which is also well known from its British TV offering, is dense. I sought history "lite", though there's nothing particularly light-weight about Graves' masterpiece. I started with Claudius to tap into this key period of Roman History - the early Empire and the first emperors. And so I began with history "lite" - historical fiction. I found Roman history rather intimidating - it's so rich and varied, and the sources are so many, that it was hard to find the right place to jump in. As part of my "advance reading" for a trip to Rome this past summer, I read Robert Graves' I, Claudius. ![]()
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