Claudius's own mother called him "an abortion of a man that had only been begun but never finished by nature" — and he still became Emperor of Rome.
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Claudius's own mother called him "an abortion of a man that had only been begun but never finished by nature" — and he still became Emperor of Rome.
TL;DR
Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould dive into Claudius — the drooling, stammering, limping outsider sandwiched between Caligula and Nero in the Roman imperial succession. Born in modern-day Lyon and mocked by his own mother as "an abortion of a man," Claudius was denied any political role by Emperor Tiberius yet quietly became one of history's great survivors [1] — Fin Taylor "Claudius was a drooling, stammering, limping man hidden behind a curtain when Caligula was assassinated — and the Praetorian Guard dragged …" 00:40 . The hosts unpack his disabilities, his disastrous love life (a fiancée who died on their wedding day, a son who choked on a pear), and the theory that he deliberately played the fool to stay alive [2] — Horatio Gould "Every close relative of the Julio-Claudian line got purged. Claudius didn't, because nobody saw him as a threat. The theory: he wasn't play…" 29:00 . The single most useful takeaway: underestimation can be a superpower.
Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould cover the life of Emperor Claudius (Part One) — the disabled, overlooked Roman emperor sandwiched between Caligula and Nero.
The episode opens mid-ad break before Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould materialise in what they describe as matching corduroy curtain-coloured suits, sparking an extended riff about gunt, sofa cushion camouflage, and dressing like hitmen trying to hide in the furniture. Once the self-deprecation settles, the hosts pivot to the matter at hand: Claudius, the Roman Emperor sandwiched between Caligula and Nero — or, as Horatio frames it with admirable economy, betwixt the mad cunts. Fin declares this their finest territory: the Roman Emperors are the 'lily pads' where he feels safe in the ancient world. Horatio argues that Claudius is his favourite emperor they've covered yet, because unlike the other Chads or lunatics, Claudius has real light and shade. The episode is framed as a sequel to their Caligula episode, and new listeners are gently told to go back and listen to that one first.
With the scene set, Fin Taylor leads a rapid-fire recap of Roman imperial history for newer listeners: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Augustus becomes a god, Tiberius becomes a paedophile on Capri, and Caligula — raised in that poisoned environment — has a stroke that activates the worst parts of his brain. The murder of Caligula's wife and infant son is recounted in vivid, profane detail, and then the hosts arrive at the curtain: hiding behind it is a disabled, drooling man named Claudius, shaking with fear, who will go on to rule Rome. Fin then expands the Julio-Claudian family tree, explaining how every emperor in the line was racing to prove their bloodline descended from Augustus — comparing the competition to Tony Blair's Labour Party legacy, where proximity to the great man either defines or damns you depending on the era.
Returning from the ads, the hosts use Cameron's 'Brexitus' legacy to extend their running gag of naming rulers after their greatest controversies — John Major becomes 'Sodomist' for decriminalising homosexuality in the 1990s (though they debate whether it was decriminalisation or outright legalisation), leading to a brief chaos spiral about the legal definitions of buggery. When Fin wrestles back control, he establishes that Claudius's mother Antonia the Younger was the daughter of Octavia Minor (Augustus's sister) and Mark Antony — making Claudius a grandchild of both sides of the most significant Roman power struggle in history. Claudius is, despite all appearances, legitimate Roman royalty.
Fin Taylor walks through Claudius's documented symptoms — a stutter, a limp, partial deafness, chronic rhinorrhea, uncontrollable laughter, and constant drooling — and notes that modern historians most commonly suggest cerebral palsy, possibly with Tourette's syndrome. Horatio observes that if Claudius were born today he would have a Channel 4 series; Fin counters that he'd be the channel commissioner. The conversation expands into a wider riff on the evolution of disability: in ancient Rome, visible physical weakness was interpreted as moral failure — you weren't getting a free laptop, you were being openly mocked. The hosts dub this dynamic 'early phrenology' and then coin the phrase 'reverse phrenology' to describe how modern society has flipped the equation, rewarding the same traits the Romans despised. Horatio argues the horseshoe has come back around.
Fin Taylor delivers the episode's most quotable moment: Claudius's own mother, Antonia the Younger, describing her son as 'an abortion of a man that had only been begun but never finished by nature.' Horatio notes this would still land as schoolyard cruelty in the 1990s. Grandmother Livia outdoes even that: she reportedly could not even look her grandson in the eye, so profound was her shame. Fin reads the exact quote — 'I pray aloud that the Roman people might be spared so cruel and undeserved a misfortune as to have him as their emperor' — which Horatio recognises is an extraordinary thing for a grandmother to say. Both hosts agree there is something grimly funny about the cruelty being entirely sincere rather than strategic. Fin adds empathy: his own Presbyterian grandmother was similarly brutal. The segment closes on the observation that women in ancient Rome wielded enormous informal power, and generally weaponised it for dark ends.
The episode takes a lengthy and very funny detour through the parallel universe of Tony Blair — 'Augustus is Blair if he didn't invade Iraq' — during which Fin and Horatio speculate about whether Cherie Blair secretly orchestrated 9/11 as a ventriloquist manoeuvre to drag Tony into the Middle East. When control is eventually recovered, the timeline resumes: Augustus dies in 14 AD and Tiberius takes power. Claudius is now 23, and he appeals to his uncle Tiberius for permission to begin his cursus honorum — the structured Roman political career path. Tiberius says no. Claudius asks again. No. And again. No. Because he's clapped. Because he's disabled. The hosts relish this bureaucratic cruelty. Claudius retreats to his writing.
Fin Taylor outlines Claudius's scholarly life in detail: he is placed under the tutelage of Livy, the great Roman historian, and asked to write a two-volume history of the Etruscans. He writes twenty. He attempts to write an account of Rome since Augustus, but is told off by his grandmother because airing recent imperial family drama is politically dangerous. His writing career fizzles into politically safe territory. Through it all, Claudius is 'steaming in the basement,' as Fin puts it, writing what amounts to manifestos while excluded from power. The hosts compare him to the classic archetype of the bullied nerd biding his time. The 1970s BBC series 'I, Claudius' — described as the Succession of its day — is introduced: Derek Jacobi played Claudius, Christopher Biggins played Nero. A brief rabbit-hole about a young Biggins looking like 'gay Rowan Atkinson' follows.
Fin Taylor notes that Claudius — despite being drooling, limping, and shouting involuntary expletives — was apparently quite driven by romantic ambition, coining the portmanteau 'Stephen Hornkins' (a fusion of Hawking and horny) to describe the combination. The hosts then walk through his personal disasters in sequence. Betrothal number one: cancelled when the girl's family gets politically disgraced. Betrothal number two: Livia Mediolina, who dies on their actual wedding day. Marriage number one: Plautia Urgulanilla, with whom Claudius has one son — also named Claudius — who dies at age four after choking on a pear. Claudius divorces wife number one when she's suspected of having an affair and being involved in the murder of her sister-in-law. Marriage number two: Aelia Paetina, Sejanus's adopted sister — divorced when Sejanus is executed and all her political value evaporates. The hosts marvel that a disabled man in ancient Rome managed to be quite the serial divorcee.
A question about Caligula's sexual excesses during cabinet meetings triggers a long and increasingly strange conversation about the porn industry, specifically about Ben Dover — a British adult film producer better known for his 'Kick-Ass Anal Adventures' series. Producer Charlie reveals that Ben Dover's son is actor Tiger Drew Honey from the BBC sitcom Outnumbered, and that he had been considering attending a porn conference to meet him. The hosts then debate whether making a 'beautiful, artistic' pornographic film would destroy the Fin vs History brand. Horatio muses about what video would cause the fastest drop in Patreon subscribers while acknowledging that people forget to cancel. Fin insists the Patreon is 'vulgar' because it now has too many members — there used to be an exclusivity that is now gone. The segment ends with a standard Patreon plug.
A question about Caligula's sexual excesses during cabinet meetings triggers a long and increasingly strange conversation about the porn industry, specifically about Ben Dover — a British adult film producer better known for his 'Kick-Ass Anal Adventures' series. Producer Charlie reveals that Ben Dover's son is actor Tiger Drew Honey from the BBC sitcom Outnumbered, and that he had been considering attending a porn conference to meet him. The hosts then debate whether making a 'beautiful, artistic' pornographic film would destroy the Fin vs History brand. Horatio muses about what video would cause the fastest drop in Patreon subscribers while acknowledging that people forget to cancel. Fin insists the Patreon is 'vulgar' because it now has too many members — there used to be an exclusivity that is now gone. The segment ends with a standard Patreon plug.
Chapter 1 · 00:00
The episode opens mid-ad break before Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould materialise in what they describe as matching corduroy curtain-coloured suits, sparking an extended riff about gunt, sofa cushion camouflage, and dressing like hitmen trying to hide in the furniture. Once the self-deprecation settles, the hosts pivot to the matter at hand: Claudius, the Roman Emperor sandwiched between Caligula and Nero — or, as Horatio frames it with admirable economy, betwixt the mad cunts. Fin declares this their finest territory: the Roman Emperors are the 'lily pads' where he feels safe in the ancient world. Horatio argues that Claudius is his favourite emperor they've covered yet, because unlike the other Chads or lunatics, Claudius has real light and shade. The episode is framed as a sequel to their Caligula episode, and new listeners are gently told to go back and listen to that one first.
Claudius was a drooling, stammering, limping man hidden behind a curtain when Caligula was assassinated — and the Praetorian Guard dragged him out and made him emperor. This is the story of history's most underestimated man, sandwiched between two of Rome's most notorious madmen.
Chapter 2 · 04:35
With the scene set, Fin Taylor leads a rapid-fire recap of Roman imperial history for newer listeners: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Augustus becomes a god, Tiberius becomes a paedophile on Capri, and Caligula — raised in that poisoned environment — has a stroke that activates the worst parts of his brain. The murder of Caligula's wife and infant son is recounted in vivid, profane detail, and then the hosts arrive at the curtain: hiding behind it is a disabled, drooling man named Claudius, shaking with fear, who will go on to rule Rome. Fin then expands the Julio-Claudian family tree, explaining how every emperor in the line was racing to prove their bloodline descended from Augustus — comparing the competition to Tony Blair's Labour Party legacy, where proximity to the great man either defines or damns you depending on the era.
Claims made here
Only the Praetorian Guard were permitted to carry swords inside the city of Rome.
Claudius was born on August 1st, 10 BC in Lugdunum, which is modern-day Lyon, and was the first Roman Emperor born outside Italy.
In the city of Rome, only the Praetorian Guard was legally permitted to carry swords — giving them unique power over imperial succession.
The Julio-Claudian dynasty runs Julius Caesar to Augustus to Tiberius to Caligula to Claudius — all scrambling to prove their bloodline goes back to Augustus. Claudius's family tree reads like a Brazilian football squad roster where everyone is called Ronaldo.
Claudius was born on August 1st, 10 BC in what is now Lyon, France — making him the first Roman Emperor born outside Italy.
Claudius was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside of Italy, having been born in Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France).
Claudius's older brother was called Germanicus because he conquered Germany. In Roman tradition, you were named after your greatest success — which is why Fin Taylor suggests Tony Blair would have been known as 'Sierra Leoneus Northern Irelandus Kosovo' rather than 'Iraqus.'
Chapter 3 · 10:44
Returning from the ads, the hosts use Cameron's 'Brexitus' legacy to extend their running gag of naming rulers after their greatest controversies — John Major becomes 'Sodomist' for decriminalising homosexuality in the 1990s (though they debate whether it was decriminalisation or outright legalisation), leading to a brief chaos spiral about the legal definitions of buggery. When Fin wrestles back control, he establishes that Claudius's mother Antonia the Younger was the daughter of Octavia Minor (Augustus's sister) and Mark Antony — making Claudius a grandchild of both sides of the most significant Roman power struggle in history. Claudius is, despite all appearances, legitimate Roman royalty.
In ancient Rome, physical weakness was read as moral failure — you couldn't command an army if your nose wouldn't stop running. Today, Fin and Horatio argue, the pendulum has swung so far that 'disability' is a status, and the Romans are starting to look uncomfortably familiar.
Chapter 4 · 15:05
Fin Taylor walks through Claudius's documented symptoms — a stutter, a limp, partial deafness, chronic rhinorrhea, uncontrollable laughter, and constant drooling — and notes that modern historians most commonly suggest cerebral palsy, possibly with Tourette's syndrome. Horatio observes that if Claudius were born today he would have a Channel 4 series; Fin counters that he'd be the channel commissioner. The conversation expands into a wider riff on the evolution of disability: in ancient Rome, visible physical weakness was interpreted as moral failure — you weren't getting a free laptop, you were being openly mocked. The hosts dub this dynamic 'early phrenology' and then coin the phrase 'reverse phrenology' to describe how modern society has flipped the equation, rewarding the same traits the Romans despised. Horatio argues the horseshoe has come back around.
His mother called him 'an abortion of a man begun but never finished by nature.' His grandmother prayed publicly that Rome be spared the misfortune of having him as emperor. In ancient Rome, a physical disability wasn't just inconvenient — it was read as a moral failing.
Chapter 5 · 18:56
Fin Taylor delivers the episode's most quotable moment: Claudius's own mother, Antonia the Younger, describing her son as 'an abortion of a man that had only been begun but never finished by nature.' Horatio notes this would still land as schoolyard cruelty in the 1990s. Grandmother Livia outdoes even that: she reportedly could not even look her grandson in the eye, so profound was her shame. Fin reads the exact quote — 'I pray aloud that the Roman people might be spared so cruel and undeserved a misfortune as to have him as their emperor' — which Horatio recognises is an extraordinary thing for a grandmother to say. Both hosts agree there is something grimly funny about the cruelty being entirely sincere rather than strategic. Fin adds empathy: his own Presbyterian grandmother was similarly brutal. The segment closes on the observation that women in ancient Rome wielded enormous informal power, and generally weaponised it for dark ends.
Claims made here
Claudius's mother Antonia the Younger described him as 'an abortion of a man that had only been begun but never finished by nature.'
Modern historians suggest Claudius may have suffered from cerebral palsy, with Tourette's syndrome and autism also proposed.
Claudius's own mother described him as 'an abortion of a man that had only been begun but never finished by nature.'
Modern historians suggest Claudius likely suffered from cerebral palsy, possibly alongside Tourette's syndrome and autism.
Chapter 6 · 22:36
The episode takes a lengthy and very funny detour through the parallel universe of Tony Blair — 'Augustus is Blair if he didn't invade Iraq' — during which Fin and Horatio speculate about whether Cherie Blair secretly orchestrated 9/11 as a ventriloquist manoeuvre to drag Tony into the Middle East. When control is eventually recovered, the timeline resumes: Augustus dies in 14 AD and Tiberius takes power. Claudius is now 23, and he appeals to his uncle Tiberius for permission to begin his cursus honorum — the structured Roman political career path. Tiberius says no. Claudius asks again. No. And again. No. Because he's clapped. Because he's disabled. The hosts relish this bureaucratic cruelty. Claudius retreats to his writing.
Claims made here
Claudius's grandmother Livia prayed aloud that the Roman people be spared 'so cruel and undeserved a misfortune' as having Claudius as emperor.
The BBC TV series 'I, Claudius' starred Derek Jacobi in the lead role and Christopher Biggins as Nero.
Claudius's grandmother Livia prayed aloud that the Roman people might be spared 'so cruel and undeserved a misfortune' as having Claudius as emperor.
Eagles fighting overhead drop an injured wolf cub into the arms of young Claudius in his garden, and an oracle declares he will become emperor. His grandmother's response: she prays loudly that Rome is spared the misfortune. Even the gods seemed to be trolling her.
Every close relative of the Julio-Claudian line got purged. Claudius didn't, because nobody saw him as a threat. The theory: he wasn't playing the fool, he was being the fool strategically. He's Tom Wambsgam 2,000 years before Succession was written.
There is a historical theory that Claudius deliberately exaggerated his afflictions and played the fool to avoid being perceived as a threat and thus being purged.
Chapter 7 · 33:41
Fin Taylor outlines Claudius's scholarly life in detail: he is placed under the tutelage of Livy, the great Roman historian, and asked to write a two-volume history of the Etruscans. He writes twenty. He attempts to write an account of Rome since Augustus, but is told off by his grandmother because airing recent imperial family drama is politically dangerous. His writing career fizzles into politically safe territory. Through it all, Claudius is 'steaming in the basement,' as Fin puts it, writing what amounts to manifestos while excluded from power. The hosts compare him to the classic archetype of the bullied nerd biding his time. The 1970s BBC series 'I, Claudius' — described as the Succession of its day — is introduced: Derek Jacobi played Claudius, Christopher Biggins played Nero. A brief rabbit-hole about a young Biggins looking like 'gay Rowan Atkinson' follows.
Claims made here
Claudius was tutored by Livy, the great Roman historian.
Claudius was asked to write a 2-volume history of the Etruscans by his publisher but instead produced 20 volumes.
The current Islamic calendar year is 1447 AH, beginning with the Hijra (Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina).
Denied any political role by Tiberius three times, Claudius retreats to history books and writes 20 volumes when asked for two. He writes manifestos alone in the basement while the empire goes on without him — the classic nerd-bides-his-time archetype.
When Claudius's publisher asked him to write a 2-volume history of the Etruscans, he produced 20 volumes instead.
Chapter 8 · 37:01
Fin Taylor notes that Claudius — despite being drooling, limping, and shouting involuntary expletives — was apparently quite driven by romantic ambition, coining the portmanteau 'Stephen Hornkins' (a fusion of Hawking and horny) to describe the combination. The hosts then walk through his personal disasters in sequence. Betrothal number one: cancelled when the girl's family gets politically disgraced. Betrothal number two: Livia Mediolina, who dies on their actual wedding day. Marriage number one: Plautia Urgulanilla, with whom Claudius has one son — also named Claudius — who dies at age four after choking on a pear. Claudius divorces wife number one when she's suspected of having an affair and being involved in the murder of her sister-in-law. Marriage number two: Aelia Paetina, Sejanus's adopted sister — divorced when Sejanus is executed and all her political value evaporates. The hosts marvel that a disabled man in ancient Rome managed to be quite the serial divorcee.
Claims made here
Emperor Tiberius denied Claudius's request to begin his cursus honorum three separate times.
Claudius wrote a quote: 'No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.'
Claudius's son, also named Claudius, died aged four after choking on a pear.
Caligula came to power in the year 37 AD, four years after the execution of Jesus Christ, which occurred under Tiberius.
Emperor Tiberius denied Claudius's request to begin his political career (cursus honorum) three times, citing his disabilities.
Claudius's romantic life reads like a cruel comedy sketch: his first betrothal cancelled when her family was disgraced, his next fiancée died on their actual wedding day, and his only son choked to death on a pear at age four. The man could not catch a break.
Chapter 10 · 46:14
A question about Caligula's sexual excesses during cabinet meetings triggers a long and increasingly strange conversation about the porn industry, specifically about Ben Dover — a British adult film producer better known for his 'Kick-Ass Anal Adventures' series. Producer Charlie reveals that Ben Dover's son is actor Tiger Drew Honey from the BBC sitcom Outnumbered, and that he had been considering attending a porn conference to meet him. The hosts then debate whether making a 'beautiful, artistic' pornographic film would destroy the Fin vs History brand. Horatio muses about what video would cause the fastest drop in Patreon subscribers while acknowledging that people forget to cancel. Fin insists the Patreon is 'vulgar' because it now has too many members — there used to be an exclusivity that is now gone. The segment ends with a standard Patreon plug.
Claims made here
Claudius married his third wife Valeria Messalina in 38 AD; he was nearly 50 and she was 18.
Caligula was assassinated by his Praetorian Guard on 24 January 41 AD.
Caligula made his drooling, Tourette's-afflicted uncle Claudius consul — not out of respect, but to humiliate the Senate. Just as he made his horse a consul, Claudius was a living joke. But the joke had a plan.
Caligula appointed his disabled, drooling uncle Claudius as consul not out of respect but as a deliberate insult to the Roman Senate.
At nearly 50, Claudius married Valeria Messalina, who was just 18. She would go on to become one of the most notorious figures in Roman history. The hosts flag this as the setup for part two — calling Claudius the 'GOAT of getting cucked.'
In 38 AD, the nearly 50-year-old Claudius married his third wife Valeria Messalina, who was only 18 years old.
Caligula is hacked to death by his own Praetorian Guard. Hiding behind a curtain, drooling and laughing involuntarily, is Claudius. The guard finds his feet poking out, drags him into the open — and instead of killing him, salutes him as the new emperor. Part 2 will explain why.
Rather than executing the cowering, drooling Claudius when they found him behind a curtain after Caligula's assassination, the Praetorian Guard instead saluted him as the new emperor.
No indexed bits in this chapter.
His mother called him 'an abortion of a man begun but never finished by nature.' His grandmother prayed publicly that Rome be spared the misfortune of having him as emperor. In ancient Rome, a physical disability wasn't just inconvenient — it was read as a moral failing.
Every close relative of the Julio-Claudian line got purged. Claudius didn't, because nobody saw him as a threat. The theory: he wasn't playing the fool, he was being the fool strategically. He's Tom Wambsgam 2,000 years before Succession was written.
Caligula is hacked to death by his own Praetorian Guard. Hiding behind a curtain, drooling and laughing involuntarily, is Claudius. The guard finds his feet poking out, drags him into the open — and instead of killing him, salutes him as the new emperor. Part 2 will explain why.
This episode
The Roman Emperor discussed throughout the episode — a disabled, scholarly outsider who survived between Caligula and Nero to become one of Rome's most interesting rulers.
The Roman Emperor who preceded Claudius, characterised as a mad tyrant who was assassinated by his own Praetorian Guard and had Claudius appointed consul as a humiliation.
Repeatedly used as a comedic analogue for Augustus and other Roman figures; the hosts treat him as the Augustan ideal of a successful modern leader undermined by one catastrophic decision.
The first Roman Emperor and the gold standard all Julio-Claudian rulers tried to claim descent from; compared to Tony Blair without the Iraq War.
The Roman Emperor who followed Augustus, characterised as a pedophile who secluded himself on the island of Capri; he denied Claudius any political role three times.
The Roman Emperor who followed Claudius, described as a populist theatre kid who fiddled while Rome burned.
Claudius's popular, heroic older brother who conquered Germany and was the father of Caligula; his name illustrates the Roman tradition of naming men after their victories.
The powerful Praetorian Prefect who ran Rome while Tiberius was on Capri; his fall from power directly affected Claudius's marriages.
Claudius's mother, who called him 'an abortion of a man' and could not stand him; daughter of Octavia Minor and Mark Antony.
Claudius's grandmother and wife of Augustus, who was so ashamed of Claudius she could not look him in the eye and prayed publicly he would never become emperor.
Claudius's third wife, 18 years old when he was nearly 50; teased as the subject of part two and described as one of Rome's most notorious women.
The elite Roman imperial bodyguard; the only force permitted swords in Rome, and the kingmakers who assassinated Caligula and declared Claudius emperor.
The hosts' subscription platform where Part Two of the Claudius episode and bonus content (including an episode on Hercules) are available.
A landmark 1970s BBC TV series starring Derek Jacobi as Claudius, described by the hosts as the 1970s equivalent of Succession.
Modern-day city in France, ancient Lugdunum — the birthplace of Claudius, making him the first Roman Emperor born outside Italy.
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Factual claims made this episode, and whether a source was named.
Claudius was born on August 1st, 10 BC in Lugdunum, which is modern-day Lyon, and was the first Roman Emperor born outside Italy.
Claudius's mother Antonia the Younger described him as 'an abortion of a man that had only been begun but never finished by nature.'
Claudius's grandmother Livia prayed aloud that the Roman people be spared 'so cruel and undeserved a misfortune' as having Claudius as emperor.
Modern historians suggest Claudius may have suffered from cerebral palsy, with Tourette's syndrome and autism also proposed.
Claudius was asked to write a 2-volume history of the Etruscans by his publisher but instead produced 20 volumes.
Claudius was tutored by Livy, the great Roman historian.
Claudius's son, also named Claudius, died aged four after choking on a pear.
Emperor Tiberius denied Claudius's request to begin his cursus honorum three separate times.
Only the Praetorian Guard were permitted to carry swords inside the city of Rome.
Caligula came to power in the year 37 AD, four years after the execution of Jesus Christ, which occurred under Tiberius.
The BBC TV series 'I, Claudius' starred Derek Jacobi in the lead role and Christopher Biggins as Nero.
Claudius married his third wife Valeria Messalina in 38 AD; he was nearly 50 and she was 18.
The current Islamic calendar year is 1447 AH, beginning with the Hijra (Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina).
Caligula was assassinated by his Praetorian Guard on 24 January 41 AD.
Claudius wrote a quote: 'No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.'
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