num_pages: 448
description: Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain. But the growing paranoia of absolute power and the infidelity of his promiscuous young wife Messalina mean that his good fortune will not last forever.In this second part of Robert Graves's fictionalized autobiography, Claudius, wry, rueful, always inquisitive, brings to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.
language: English
title: Claudius the God
titlecomplete: Claudius the God
characters: Valeria Messalina, Herodes Agrippa, Cassius Chaerea, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
genres: Fiction, Historical, Italy, Roman, Literature, Ancient History, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 14689
places: Rome, Roman Empire
series: Claudius
publisher: Penguin Classics