I, ClaudiusKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989 M10 23 - 480 páginas Considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the Mad Caligula to become emperor in 41 A.D. A masterpiece. |
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... father's body his sympathy with her had seemed forced and insincere , and when Augustus wished himself as hon- ourable a death as my father's she saw a brief half - smile cross his face . Tiberius who , it appears , had long suspected ...
... father's body his sympathy with her had seemed forced and insincere , and when Augustus wished himself as hon- ourable a death as my father's she saw a brief half - smile cross his face . Tiberius who , it appears , had long suspected ...
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... father . Whether the father has been a brave man or a coward , just or unjust , generous or mean , signifies little : he has been that boy's father , and no uncle or elder brother can ever take his place . For Augustus's rule had been a ...
... father . Whether the father has been a brave man or a coward , just or unjust , generous or mean , signifies little : he has been that boy's father , and no uncle or elder brother can ever take his place . For Augustus's rule had been a ...
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... father's glorious victories in Germany you are not unaware . Many of you have shared in them . " " Never was there a better general or a better man , ” shouted a veteran . " Hurrah for Germanicus , father and son ! " It is a comment on ...
... father's glorious victories in Germany you are not unaware . Many of you have shared in them . " " Never was there a better general or a better man , ” shouted a veteran . " Hurrah for Germanicus , father and son ! " It is a comment on ...
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I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born B.C. 10 ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
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