Claudius

:The name of two Roman emperors. This article deals with Claudius I. See Claudius II.

Claudius in fiction

The emperor Claudius was the protagonist of the books I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves. The books are written from a first-person perspective, giving the impression of having been written by Claudius himself as his autobiography. Graves's fictive artifice that they were recently discovered translations of writings by Claudius extended even to the point of Claudius relating a visit to an oracle who predicted their discovery "nineteen hundred year or near" later. Graves's two books were the basis for a thirteen-part BBC series, first broadcast in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre in 1977, also titled I, Claudius and starring Derek Jacobi in the title role.

Related Topics:
I, Claudius - Claudius the God - Robert Graves - Autobiography - BBC - U.S. - Masterpiece Theatre - 1977 - Derek Jacobi

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