I, Claudius (1976), part 1; with Liz Gloyn

We finally take on the elephant-in-the-room of Rome on television: I, Claudius (1976). Joined by super-special guest Liz Gloyn (linktr.ee/lizg...) , we dig into the first half of the BBC adaptation of Robert Graves' novels in all its glory. With a winning combination of history, humor, intrigue, top-tier actors and bargain-bin old-age make-up, there's no shortage of material to dig through. But don't touch the figs!
You can follow more from Liz in her new book Tracking Classical Monsters (www.bloomsbury...) , on her blog Classically Inclined (lizgloyn.wordp...) , as well as on bluesky and Twitter @lizgloyn.

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57:00 iirc tacitus has something similar with the deaths of the people around tiberius making him become 'more evil' but... it's not well represented here