10, died A.D. 54), as described by himself : also his murder at the hands of the notorious Agrippina (mother of the Emperor Nero) and his subsequent deification, as described by others Claudius was Roman emperor from 41 to 54 CE. In Claudius the God, Graves continues the story, detailing Claudius’s thirteen-year reign and his ultimate downfall. Whereas Claudius the God is not quite as fast moving and dramatic as I, Claudius; the sequel is a worthy masterpiece equal to the first volume. Whereas I, Claudius was about survival without power; Claudius the God is about survival with power. I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves' I, Claudius and Claudius the God.Written by Jack Pulman, it was one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time.It also provided popular initial exposure for several actors who would eventually become well known, such as Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, John Rhys-Davies and John Hurt. Claudius, the god and his wife Messalina : the troublesome reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (born B.C. Claudius (/ ˈ k l ɔː d i ə s / KLAW-dee-əs; Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54. Other articles where Claudius the God is discussed: Robert Graves: …ancient Mediterranean civilizations and including Claudius the God (1934), which extends Claudius’s narrative to his own reign as emperor; Count Belisarius (1938), a sympathetic study of the great and martyred general of the Byzantine Empire; and The Golden Fleece (1944; U.S. title Hercules, My Shipmate). 20 quotes from Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2): ‘Religious fanaticism is the most dangerous form of insanity.’ Robert Graves (1895–1985) was a poet, novelist, and critic.His first volume of poems, Over the Brazier (1916), reflects his experiences in the trenches, and was followed by many works of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction.He is best known for his novel, I, Claudius (1934), which won the Hawthornden and James Tait Black Memorial prizes, and for his influential The White Goddess (1948). AT THE END of Claudius the God, the second volume of Robert Graves’ I, Claudius, the titular character is at the deathbed of his deputy Vitellius.Claudius, a strong – but lapsed – supporter of the restoration of the Republic, asks his friend, a principled man, why he continued to work for the Emperor despite his own republican tendencies. Painting the vivid, tumultuous, and decadent society of ancient Rome with spectacular detail, Graves provides a tale that is instructive, compelling, and difficult to put down for both casual readers and students of Roman history. Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. After the death of Emperor Caligula (37-41 CE) and his family at the hands of the Praetorian Guard, the future Emperor Claudius was found quivering behind a set of curtains, fearing for his own life, and named emperor.Historian Cassius Dio wrote: "At first the soldiers, supposing that he was someone else or perhaps had something worth … Continuing the saga begun in I, Claudius, Robert Graves's Claudius the God is a compelling fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor, published with an introduction by Barry Unsworth in Penguin Modern Classics. In Claudius the God, Graves continues the story, detailing Claudius's thirteen-year reign and his ultimate downfall.

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