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A grandson of Mark Antony and great-nephew of Augustus, he was a member of the Julio-Claudian family, Rome's first imperial ruling family. Claudius' family kept him out of public life until his sudden coronation at the age of fifty because of his persistent stammer, limp, and other nervous tics, which caused others to perceive him as mentally ...
- Robert Graves
- 1934
While some aspects of this may have been true in the historical context, many historical accounts claim that Claudius was not actually as submissive in his relationship with his family members. Throughout I, Claudius, Graves struggles with the dichotomy between fact and fiction.
As a young child, Claudius is mistreated by the majority of his family because of his sickly nature, limp, and constant stammer. Antonia, Claudius’ mother, is particularly cruel to him, and Livia and Augustus simply refuse to be in his presence. Claudius’ only friends are Germanicus, his older brother, and Postumus, his cousin.
By his first three wives he had five children, of whom Drusus and Claudia died before he became emperor. As a young man Claudius was made a member of various religious colleges, but he became consul only under the reign of his older brother’s son Gaius ( Caligula) in 37.
- Son of the Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia, Claudius was related to the emperors Tiberius and Augustus. The imperial family looked d...
- Claudius’s appointment to consul under the reign of his elder brother’s son Gaius (Caligula) occurred in 37. After Gaius’s murder on January 24, 41...
- Claudius invaded Britain in 43. He also expanded the empire by annexing Mauretania, Lycia in Asia Minor, and Thrace and enlarging and reorganizing...
- After marrying his niece Agrippina, Claudius adopted her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (later the emperor Nero) to satisfy Agrippina’s lust for p...
Apr 19, 2011 · I, Claudius, historical novel by Robert Graves set in 1st-century- ce Rome, published in 1934. The book is written as an autobiographical memoir by the Roman emperor Claudius, who is a son of a Roman general, a nephew of the emperor Tiberius, and a great-nephew of the emperor Augustus.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Chapters 7–14. After his first love is poisoned, and after Livia’s plans to have Claudius married to a girl named Aemilia are thwarted when Aemilia’s parents are accused of a conspiracy against...
Early life. Bust of Claudius's mother, Antonia Minor. Claudius was born on 1 August 10 BC at Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France ). He had two older siblings, Germanicus and Livilla. His mother, Antonia Minor, may have had two other children who died young.
