Claudius
by Barbara Levick
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Author: Barbara LevickEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-09-10
ISBN: 0300058314
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Book Review: A different interpretation of a significant reign.
Summary: 3 Stars
Ms. Levick's biography of the emperor is to be recommended as an excellent and in-depth study of the limits of any Roman emperor's power. She tends to paint a somewhat untraditional and cynical view of the emperor, even suggesting that he played a part in the assasination of Caligula. In Levick's eyes, Claudius is a politician struggling to retain the very basis of his power, his ultimate failure being his inability to command respect in the eyes of his contemporaries or posterity. Some of her views are certainly matters of interpretation; indeed, it seems that she sometimes misrepresents ancient authors to strengthen her opinion of the Caesar; it should be remembered that Levick's Claudius is not THE Claudius, but a new and somewhat untraditional interpretation of one of history's most enigmatic figures.
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