I Clauduis Author:Robert Graves Physically weak, afflicted with stammering, and inclined to drool, Claudius is an embarrassment to his family and is shunted to the background of imperial affairs. The benefits of his seeming ineffectuality are twofold: he becomes a scholar and historian, and he is spared the worst cruelties inflicted on the imperial family by its own members du... more »ring the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula. Palace intrigues and murders surround him.« less