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  2. Julio-Claudian dynasty - Wikipedia

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    After Caligula's death, the Senate attempted and failed to restore the Republic. Claudius, Caligula's paternal uncle, became emperor by the instigation of the Praetorian Guards. [11] Despite his lack of political experience, and the disapproval of the people of Rome, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.

  3. Cassius Chaerea - Wikipedia

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    As he did in fact according to Suetonius, the new Emperor Claudius decides he must have Cassius Chaerea executed, not so much for the murder of the insane Caligula, but for ordering the murder of Caligula's wife and infant child. In the 1976 BBC TV series I, Claudius, Cassius Chaerea was portrayed by Sam Dastor.

  4. List of I, Claudius episodes - Wikipedia

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    Rome, AD 37–38. After suffering a stroke, Tiberius is smothered to death by Macro with Caligula's connivance, leaving Caligula and Tiberius' grandson Gemellus as his joint heirs. Claudius' life-long friend Herod has returned to Rome in time for Caligula's ascension. Caligula chooses Claudius to be his co-consul, over Claudius' objections.

  5. Roman Empire (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Season 3, "The Mad Emperor", premiered on Netflix on April 5, 2019, and is a four-part story about Emperor Caligula. [ 4 ] The series was produced by Netflix as a Netflix original series, though it frequently reuses footage from other programs, including Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006).

  6. Nero (2004 film) - Wikipedia

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    She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, her son is being raised by the new emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, he is now called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus. Agrippina then returns from exiled. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania.

  7. I, Claudius - Wikipedia

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    I, Claudius is a historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934.Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, it tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41.

  8. I, Claudius (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Following Livia's death, Tiberius's depravity is out of control. Rome sinks into a Dark Age, marked by corruption and non-stop executions of citizens. Tiberius's life is close to an end, and Caligula has been chosen to succeed him. Claudius knows that his nephew, Caligula, shares nothing of his father's virtuous nature.

  9. Claudius - Wikipedia

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    As a consequence of Roman customs, society, and personal preference, Claudius' full name varied throughout his life: . Tiberius Claudius D. f. Ti. n. Drusus, the cognomen Drusus being inherited from his father as his brother Germanicus, as the eldest son, inherited the cognomen Nero when their uncle the future Emperor Tiberius was adopted by Augustus into the Julii Caesares and the victory ...