"I, Claudius" was a British historical drama that aired in 1976, based on Robert Graves' novels about the Roman Empire from Augustus to Nero. The series followed the unlikely rise of Claudius, a stammering, limping scholar who survived the murderous intrigues of his own family to become Emperor of Rome, told through his memoirs as he reflected on the corruption, violence, and political machinations that defined the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The series was filmed entirely in television studios with

Marcus Claudius Marcellus was one of Rome’s toughest commanders—and one of the very few linked to the spolia opima, the highest and rarest warrior trophy in Roman tradition. The spolia opima were awarded when a Roman leader personally killed an enemy leader in single combat and took his arms. The story centers on 222 BCE, during Rome’s wars in northern Italy. Marcellus, serving as consul, confronted the Insubres, a Gallic people. Ancient accounts describe Marcellus meeting their king, Viridomaru

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