I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born B.C. 10, Murdered and Deified A.D. 54Modern Library, 1937 - 427 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 emporer in 41 A.D. |
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... sword - fighters . They were not numerous , but Augustus thought that if there were any civil disturb- ances they ... sword - fighting . If a young gentleman ran into debt , as sometimes happened , through no fault of his own or from ...
... sword - fighters . They were not numerous , but Augustus thought that if there were any civil disturb- ances they ... sword - fighting . If a young gentleman ran into debt , as sometimes happened , through no fault of his own or from ...
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... sword - fighters were very careful about hurting them- selves and each other and spent most of their energy on feints and parries and blows which looked and sounded Homeric but which were really quite harmless , like the thwacks that ...
... sword - fighters were very careful about hurting them- selves and each other and spent most of their energy on feints and parries and blows which looked and sounded Homeric but which were really quite harmless , like the thwacks that ...
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... sword - fighting schools . When they were trained he put them into the amphitheatre to fight for their lives . His ... fighters at an average of two thousand gold pieces each . But I was luckier than a magistrate called Aponius who fell ...
... sword - fighting schools . When they were trained he put them into the amphitheatre to fight for their lives . His ... fighters at an average of two thousand gold pieces each . But I was luckier than a magistrate called Aponius who fell ...
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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, Born B.C. 10 ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born B.C. 10 ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1937 |
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