both very much taliban more long-term. thank you both very much indeed. long before there was i player there was i, claudius. from tomorrow, the two will meet as bbc four begins a repeat showing of the classic drama series first aired in 1976. ranked highly in polls of the best tv dramas of all time, it was told from the confines of a bbc television studio, adorned with lavish sets and a stellar cast, many of whom had been sitting in make up since the early hours to make them look older. one of those actors, brian blessed, is here to regale us. first, here s what the fuss was about with one or two spoilers and lashings of fake blood. this episode entitled reign of terror, deals graphically with a violent and bloody period in a tumultuous reign, and scenes towards the end of the episode, frankly, depict the murderous mayhem of the time. forget succession. i don t like it. you understand ? forget the sopranos. forget dynasty.
i, claudius tells the history of the roman empire and is as bloodthirsty and dangerous a setting as has ever been created for the small screen. think the mafia in togas. i could kill you now. this was the bbc“s hugely successful effort to bring to life the novel by robert graves, in 1976, ancient rome visited shepherd s bush as an impressive cast, layered on the latex at the bbc“s television centre. you wouldn t be emperor if it weren t for me. a caesar salad of power, ambition, murder, and sex. told across decades, viewers were gripped by what in many respects was a feuding family soap opera. first of all, an emperor, i can t even rule my own family. let me go. your fat, drunken cow. plots were hatched. i want a catalogue of my daughter
in law“s activities. food was poisoned. don“t touch the fig. and backs were stabbed as well as fronts. tiberius claudius. and telling the story in flashback was claudius with his limp and his stammer. i m better when i m rehearsed. if that head of yours doesn t stop twitching. i ll have it off! branded a half wit hhe was, in fact, the ultimate survivor, the ultimate politician ducking and diving as his relatives schemed and overlooked him. this is not a comedy theatre. do you want to live a long and useful life? in that case, exaggerate your stutter and your limp. but you are not such a fool. wine has made you bold, isn t it? you said you kept in with caligula because he was to be the next emperor. butf by then you re dead, what difference can it make to you?
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Livia Drusilla: 3rd Wife of First Roman Emperor Augustus
Livia Drusilla was born on the 30th of January 58 BC and was the daughter of Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife, Alfidia. The former was a Roman senator , and the adoptive son of Marcus Livius Drusus, the tribune of 91 BC. Around the time of Julius Caesar’s assassination , i.e., in 44 / 43 BC, Livia married Tiberius Claudius Nero, who is said to have been her cousin. In 42 BC, Livia gave birth to her first son, Tiberius.
In 39 BC, Livia was pregnant with her second son, Drusus. At the same time, Octavian (who later became known as Augustus) arrange for her to divorce her husband, so that he could marry her. Augustus himself was married at that time, to his second wife, Scribonia. In any case, after Livia gave birth to Drusus in January 38 BC, she divorced her husband, whilst Octavian divorced his wife. Apparently, Octavian arranged this marriage as he needed the political connections of Livia’s family.