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Claudius reveals that these untimely deaths are all the machinations of Augustus' third wife Livia (who is also Claudius' paternal grandmother), a calculating murderess who seeks to make her son Tiberius (Claudius' uncle) succeed Augustus as the next emperor.
- Robert Graves
- 1934
Claudius married his first wife, Plautia Urgulanilla, at some time around the year 9 AD, when he was 18 years old. Belonging to an Etruscan family, she was the daughter of General Silvanus, who had been consul for the year 2 BC.
May 7, 2021 · The novelist Robert Graves drew on both their accounts when he wrote I, Claudius, his gripping novel about the family, told from the perspective of Livia's stuttering grandson, Emperor...
Robert Graves presents I, Claudius as a personal autobiography written by Claudius himself. In addition to provide insight into Claudius’ character, the text allows the readers to view an inside perspective of the intrigues and plots that characterized the Roman Empire.
Livia (LIH-vee-uh), his wife, Claudius’ grandmother, a power-mad woman who divorces her boring husband, arranges her marriage to Augustus, and poisons those who interfere with her plans ...
Apr 19, 2011 · Livia, wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, is an especially imposing figure among the story’s cast of complex characters. Claudius’s informal narration serves to emphasize the banality of the imperial family’s endless greed and lust.
After divorcing Urgulanilla, he in turn married Aelia Paetina, Valeria Messalina, who was his wife at his accession, and, finally, Agrippina the Younger. By his first three wives he had five children, of whom Drusus and Claudia died before he became emperor.
