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Claudius #4 – The Good Emperor

Claudius #4 – The Good Emperor

Released Friday, 7th August 2020
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Claudius #4 – The Good Emperor

Claudius #4 – The Good Emperor

Claudius #4 – The Good Emperor

Claudius #4 – The Good Emperor

Friday, 7th August 2020
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When Caligula was assassinated in 41, Claudius hid in a room of the palace called the Hermaeum, and then behind a curtain on a balcony. According to Suetonius, he was discovered by a soldier named Gratus - Gratitude -
who said to his colleagues: "This is a Germanicus; come on, let us choose him for our emperor." But many in the Senate wanted to see him dead and a return to the republic.

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