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The story of Claudius has often been told before. Ancient writers saw the emperor as the dupe of his wives and palace insiders; Robert Graves tried to rehabilitate him as a far shrewder, if still frustrated, politician. In this 2010 book, Josiah Osgood shifts the focus off the personality of Claudius and on to what his tumultuous years in power reveal about the developing political culture of the early Roman Empire. What precedents set by Augustus were followed? What had to be abandoned? How could a new emperor win the support of key elements of Roman society? This richly illustrated discussion draws on a range of newly discovered documents, exploring events that move far beyond the city of Rome and Italy to Egypt and Judea, Morocco and Britain. Claudius Caesar provides a new perspective not just on Claudius himself, but on all Roman emperors, the Roman Empire, and the nature of empires more generally.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Claudius Caesar
• Author: Josiah Osgood
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 374
• EAN: 9780521708258
• ISBN: 0521708257
• ID: 04094430
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 536 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 166 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. November 2010

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