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....he became emperor in his fiftieth year by a remarkable freak of fortune. When the assassins of Gaius shut out the crowd under pretence that the emperor wished to be alone, Claudius was ousted with the rest and withdrew to an apartment called the Hermaeum; and a little later, in great terror at the news of the murder, he stole away to a balcony hard by and hid among the curtains which hung before the door. As he cowered there, a common soldier, who was prowling about at random, saw his feet, intending to ask who he was, pulled him out and recognized him; and when Claudius fell at his feet in terror, he hailed him as emperor. (Suetonius: The Life of Claudius)
24 January 41 AD. Following the murder of his nephew Gaius, Claudius is found hiding behind the curtain and proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian guard.
#claudius#roman empire#ancient rome#the caesars (1968)#i claudius#ad (1985 miniseries)#imperium:nero#emperor claudius
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13 October 54 AD: Emperor Claudius dies after consuming some mushrooms that were allegedly poisoned by his wife Agrippina.
I, Claudius
Anno Domini
Imperium: Nerone
#emperor claudius#tiberius claudius caesar augustus germanicus#why would you even poison mushrooms?#why not just use naturally poisonous ones#i hope they were at least delicious mushrooms#of course it is possible that Claudius died of natural causes#it wouldn't be that surprising for 63 yo who was sickly his whole life and wasn't exactly famous for his healthy and moderate lifestyle#actually it is a miracle that Claudius managed to live this long in the first place#he outlived all his close relatives of his generation by a huge margin#and almost everyone in the following generation save agrippina#i claudius#derek jacobi#anno domini 1985#richard kiley#imperium:nero#massimo dapporto#ancient rome#roman history#roman empire
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