I, ClaudiusRosetta Books, 2014 M03 6 - 472 páginas “One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based (The New York Times). Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a monarchy, Graves’s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio. “[A] legendary tale of Claudius . . . [A] gem of modern literature.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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... hand - to - hand fighting started . But it seldom came to that , for the Germans always preferred strike - and - run tactics when engaged with the better - armed Roman infantryman . Suetonius in his Twelve Caesars refers to Claudius's ...
... hand - to - hand fighting started . But it seldom came to that , for the Germans always preferred strike - and - run tactics when engaged with the better - armed Roman infantryman . Suetonius in his Twelve Caesars refers to Claudius's ...
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... hand, and what favour can I hope to win from myself by flattery? I may add that this is not the first history of my own life that I have written. I once wrote another, in eight volumes, as a contribution to the City archives. It was a ...
... hand, and what favour can I hope to win from myself by flattery? I may add that this is not the first history of my own life that I have written. I once wrote another, in eight volumes, as a contribution to the City archives. It was a ...
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... hands upon, to the number of over two thousand. The revised Sibylline books he put in a locked cupboard under the pedestal of Apollo's statue in the temple which he built for the God close to his palace on the Palatine Hill. A unique ...
... hands upon, to the number of over two thousand. The revised Sibylline books he put in a locked cupboard under the pedestal of Apollo's statue in the temple which he built for the God close to his palace on the Palatine Hill. A unique ...
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... hand of his son, no son, And not on the field of war. The hairy one next to enslave the State Shall be son, no son, of his hairy last. He shall have hair in a generous mop. He shall give Rome marble in place of clay And fetter her fast ...
... hand of his son, no son, And not on the field of war. The hairy one next to enslave the State Shall be son, no son, of his hairy last. He shall have hair in a generous mop. He shall give Rome marble in place of clay And fetter her fast ...
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... hand of his wife, no wife, To the gain of his son, no son. The hairy sixth to enslave the State Shall be son, no son, of this hairy last. He shall give Rome fiddlers and fear and fire. His hand shall be red with a parent's blood. No ...
... hand of his wife, no wife, To the gain of his son, no son. The hairy sixth to enslave the State Shall be son, no son, of this hairy last. He shall give Rome fiddlers and fear and fire. His hand shall be red with a parent's blood. No ...
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I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born B.C. 10 ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
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