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Claudius by Hourly History
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really liked it
bookshelves: biography-autobio, classic-history

Nice very short introduction to a not so well known roman emperor.
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Reading Progress

October 14, 2021 – Started Reading
October 14, 2021 – Shelved as: biography-autobio
October 14, 2021 – Shelved
October 14, 2021 – Shelved as: classic-history
October 14, 2021 –
15.0% "“Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.” —Claudius"
October 14, 2021 –
35.0% ""Claudius desperately needed the support of the soldiers since he was the first emperor not to have been chosen by the Senate.""
October 16, 2021 –
95.0% ""Claudius was often portrayed as an awkward, disfigured, and clumsy man. Cast out by his own family as a boy, he was utterly detested by his mother. No-one ever expected that the boy that was used as the comparative standard for stupidity would become the emperor of Rome. Yet, he did.""
October 16, 2021 – Finished Reading

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