Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "I, Claudius With Nicholas Hughes" video.

I, Claudius is one of my favourite novels.
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I have the I, Claudius DVD box set as well. An older friend lent out his to me and I binge watched it. Later on I got my own copy. My encounter with the book was quite random. In the lunchroom at my workplace at the time there was a bookcase with some random books that largely went untouched by the employees. I browsed around a little because I was bored, and I just stumbled across I, Claudius by Robert Graves. It wasn't that long ago since I had binge watched the show so I picked it up and read it a little every day during lunch breaks and ended up reading the whole thing that way. I got my own copy of the book shortly thereafter.
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In regards to Messalina, her exploits seem to be a bit implausible to be believed. And given how roman historians did play a bit fast and loose with facts when it was prudent I think it's reasonable to be skeptic about some of her extremes.
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Favourite BBC shows from the 70's and 80's of mine: I, Claudius, Blackadder, The Onedin Line and 'allo 'allo Unfortunately I haven't watched Sharpe yet, but i'm going to get ahold of it at some point because I hear really good things about it.
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Not to mention Brian Blessed who played Augustus. He certainly knows how to tackle those larger than life roles.
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I think you mean "written" 😉 In latin, the V is pronounced like a U as well as a V.
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@kinglog4528 Of course it's a work of fiction. But when reading it you can really tell that Robert Graves really studied history when writing it. And the fictionalized parts never seem like implausible events at all. And that's how I prefer historical fiction to be done. Stay as close to the historical knowledge as possible, and during those points where you can't fill in some blanks with facts, you try to stay on a plausible course. In the end that's the best way to make the whole story come across as authentic.
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