#I claudius

[3liza]

watching Those About to Die and it's ok but it's not HBO Rome so what's the point. why even do a prestige Rome show and not have it be an HBO Rome revival. what, you're going to make a better show than HBO Rome? the only show better than HBO Rome is I, Clavdivs. good fuckin luck buddy

[wolframpant]

[hurremsultanns]

'Kill them with kindness.' WRONG. Poisoned figs.

[shouldtheydivorce]

Reason for divorce:

For one thing it would make it slightly harder for her to poison him and his friends and relatives.

[k-wame]

GAGGED HER ASS

[domitiaa]

AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA

"Goodbye, Livia, never forget our wedding."

I, Claudius (1976) - Brian Blessed/Siân Phillips

Imperium: Augustus (2001) - Benjamin Sadler/Martina Stella

Rome (2005 - 2007) - Simon Wood/Alice Henley

Domina (2021 - 2023) - Matthew McNulty/Kasia Smutniak 

[leonardcohenofficial]

new i claudius drinking game take a shot every time an actor who has also been on doctor who shows up

[duxfemina]

A brief summary of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty

Octavian/Augustus - he has a reputation associated with peace but you will get a little ill once you look at all the collateral damage around him and that reputation ie. It's easy to institute a regime of peace when you've murdered everyone who might oppose you

Tiberius - when a chronic people pleaser finally get into a position of power and still no one thinks they're good enough and they finally reach burnout and fuck off to their vacation home indefinitely

Caligula - the first emperor in the long litany of reasons why people whose brain has not fully developed should NOT be given access to unlimited power. Little Boots is either insane or the absolute champion at taking the piss out of the elite and there isn't really a third option

Claudius - an icon for overcoming disability and bullying and knowing how to delegate administration appropriately. Also this man gave his wives a lot of mobility (for the time) so we stan in spite of the sources trying to smear him for that very thing. Also this man was SUCH a nerd and I wish they hadn't destroyed his history of the Civil Wars but that's the Augustan propaganda machine for ya even near kin isn't safe from censorship

Nero - take one traumatic childhood add a flare for the dramatic and then give them unlimited power before their brain is fully developed and now it's like Caligula but with more pizzazz. Nero is literally what happens when that obnoxious rich kid who's into theater gets absolutely unlimited money and power and nothing to curtail his flare for a spectacle.

[coffeeismycallsign]

Trying to get through this stack before the end of the year.

[glowing-starlight]

Part (1)/2/3/4 of Livia and Tiberius Scene from episode 1 of I, Claudius for Anonymous

[wulfhalls]

republicanism leaving claudius' body the second hes proclaimed emperor

[wolframpant]

Siân Phillips as Livia in I, Claudius

[sepdet]

just a fun video breakdown of film technique using a great series from my childhood with some of my favorite actors (Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, Brian Blessed)

[lesespoirsgrands]

Caligula: the mood

[domitiaa]

This is how I imagine Tiberius and Vipsania in the afterlife.

[stagbeetleboy]