062- Take My Wife...Please

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2010

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Though Claudius had great success in his public life, his private life was a different story. Each of his marriages ended in either divorce or execution.

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1:04.2	Hello, and welcome to the history of roam.
1:08.3	Episode 62.
1:10.1	Take my wife, please.
1:14.4	In the uncertain days after the assassination of Caligula, the people of roam must have
1:18.5	wondered whether or not they had now actually seen the worst the Imperial dynasty could
1:22.5	throw at them.
1:24.0	They had, after all, thought the worst was behind them once before, after Tiberius, who
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