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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... honoured by the permission to bring Augustus's dead body back to the City on their shoulders . I was still half ... honour , of course , to be singled out as a distinguished knight . Everyone was a knight who was freeborn , and had ...
... honoured by the permission to bring Augustus's dead body back to the City on their shoulders . I was still half ... honour , of course , to be singled out as a distinguished knight . Everyone was a knight who was freeborn , and had ...
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... honour of being made a field- marshal , an honour reserved in general only for the Imperial fam- ily . Tiberius told the Senate that he was glad to honour Blæsus in this way because of his kinship with his trusted friend Sejanus ; and ...
... honour of being made a field- marshal , an honour reserved in general only for the Imperial fam- ily . Tiberius told the Senate that he was glad to honour Blæsus in this way because of his kinship with his trusted friend Sejanus ; and ...
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... honour . He had no business there , but the journey was a distraction . He got no further than Messina , where Etna happened to be in slight eruption . The sight frightened him so much that he turned back at once . When he reached Rome ...
... honour . He had no business there , but the journey was a distraction . He got no further than Messina , where Etna happened to be in slight eruption . The sight frightened him so much that he turned back at once . When he reached Rome ...
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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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