C-C-Claudius, aka I, CLAVDIVS

The BBC made their adaptation of I, CLAUDIUS — based on the classic novels by Robert Graves (I, CLAUDIUS and CLAUDIUS THE GOD), which were in turn based on the histories of Suetonius — in 1976, but I did not encounter them until a few years later, when PBS picked them up and ran them (in a somewhat censored form, to shield Americans from seeing nipples) in the USA.  I remember, I was still living in Dubuque, Iowa at the time, teaching college.   I loved the series then, and I love it now.   I ha...

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Published on September 10, 2020 07:16
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Lisa I loved the series, and have now got them on dvd, and went on to read the books, which are gripping too. I was a child when they were shown in the UK (bad parents!) and remember the Caligula episode being rapidly switched off!


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