CLA231H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Roman Citizenship, Germania Inferior, Duumviri
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Limp, stutter, drool [according to suetonius to show immorality], seen as a kind of idiot, so the praetorian guard assumed they could control him, so made him emperor [livy told us that. Brutus played the fool allowing him to ascend to power] Intelligent, good at admin, good relationship with the senate. Conquers britain, 43bc: brits are given citizenship, can see with mixed celtic and roman names. Apparently overly-reliant on freedmen and his wives who could manipulate him [killed his wives one was agrippina, mother of nero] Freedman should be towards the bottom of the social ladder, but if connected the emperor they have a better in-formal status: status dissonance. Agrippina tries to get him to make nero his successor instead of his natural son, as long as nero adopts britannicus as his co-ruler and heir [agrippina later kills britannicus. [image] panel from the sebasteion of claudius dominating britain, 1st c ad.
