Tiberius is banished from Rome and Augustus sees the future as lying in his young grandsons Lucius and Gaius. Antonia has also borne a child by Drusus: Claudius.

I, Claudius dramatizes every rumor about Livia poisoning people or having them killed in order to ensure Tiberius’ succession as completely true – she comes out as quite the serial killer by ...

In many ways, the BBC’s 1976 show I, Claudius remains the gold standard of Ancient Rome on television. Based on Robert Graves’ 1934 novel (which itself borrowed heavily from the ancient ...

When the good Augustus died (by his wife’s poison) and was succeeded by the vicious Tiberius, Claudius lived in observant retirement. Under the rule of the madman Caligula he found himself in ...

Or Livia, Augustus’s wife, poisoning candidates (and there were lots) who stood between her son, Tiberius, and the throne; in the sources. What this should do is return us to the actual history ...