I Claudius Author:Robert Graves From the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born BC 10 - murdered and defied AD 54 — ". . . A story that was the subject of every variety of misrepresentation, not only by those who then lived but likewise in succeeding times: so true is it that all transactions of pre-eminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for cer... more »tain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity. Tacitus"« less