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"Claudius became emperor after the assassination of Caligula, and was deified by his successor Nero in AD 54. Opinions of him have varied greatly over succeeding centuries, but he has mostly been caricatured as a reluctant emperor, hampered by a speech impediment, who preferred reading to ruling. Barbara Levick's authoritative study reassesses the reign of Claudius, examining his political objectives and activities within the constitutional, political, social and economic development of show more Rome. Out of Levick's critical scrutiny of the literary, archaeological and epigraphic sources emerges a different Claudius -- an intelligent politician, ruthlessly determined to secure his position as ruler. Now updated to take account of recent scholarship, Claudius remains essential reading for students and historians of the early Roman Empire"-- show lessTags
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Dr. Levick displays great knowledge of the subject, but I found the book nearly unreadable.
"2012-10-26 12:00:00"
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Barbara Levick is Fellow and Tutor Emeritus, St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has published extensively on Roman history, with titles including Auaustus. Image and Substance (2010) and Imperial Women of the Golden Age: Faustina I and II (2014).
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- Canonical title
- Claudius
- Original title
- Claudius
- Original publication date
- 1990
- People/Characters
- Claudius I, Emperor of Rome; Agrippina the Younger
- Important places
- Ancient Rome; Roman Empire; Rome, Italy; Italy
- Important events
- Roman Invasion of Britain; Reign of Claudius; Roman Empire; 1st century
- First words
- Claudius came to power in AD 41.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Activity fell off towards the end of the reign, in part because the original plans were under way or already implemented and because here too the manpower and booty won from Britain was not enough for all that might have been achieved, in part too perhaps because Claudius recognized that he had failed to win on the political front in Rome itself.
- Blurbers
- Wells, Colin M.
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 937.07092 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Constitutional 31 B.C.-284 A.D.
- LCC
- DG284 .L47 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania City History of Italy Ancient Italy. Rome to 476 History By period Empire, 27 B.C. - 476 A.D. Constitutional Empire, 27 B.C. - 284 A.D.
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- 242
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- 133,661
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.58)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 4
