Claudius Caesar : image and power in the early Roman empire / Josiah Osgood.
"The story of Claudius has been often told before. Ancient writers saw the emperor as the dupe of his wives and palace insiders; Robert Graves tried to rehabilitate him as a far shrewder, if still frustrated, politician. Josiah Osgood shifts the focus off the personality of Claudius and on to what h...
Main Author: | Osgood, Josiah, 1974- |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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Physical Description: | xiii, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Format: | Book |