His last words, "What a showman the world is losing in me," reflect his interest in the arts and the Greek cultural heritage.
His last words, "What a showman the world is losing in me," reflect his interest in the arts and the Greek cultural heritage. Although a far more capable ruler than his uncle and predecessor, Suetonius vilified him for matricide, an affair (*) during which he sent his mother, Agrippina the Younger, to sea in a collapsible ship and then stabbed her when she swam to shore. He also poisoned his uncle's first heir, his cousin Britannicus, while they celebrated his victory at Mediolanum together. FTP identify this nephew of Claudius, last of the JulioClaudian emperors.
His last words, "What a showman the world is losing in me," reflect his interest in the arts and the Greek cultural heritage.
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