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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7928060, member: 115909"]Yup exactly! Caligula actually used him as a kind of jester to be mocked and laughed at.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>But </i>I have heard and read some historians who say that he intentionally played dumb so as to not seem like a threat to Caligula (who had a tendency to execute threats real or imagined). If so it means he outplayed and outsmarted a lot of people.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact there is a good documentary on Netflix called "Roman Empire" that does a great job analyzing Claudius and applauds him as a skilled political player.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was an able and decent Emperor too. He wasn't cruel or a megalomaniac or anything like his nephew Caligula.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think alot of ancient historians who wrote of him as dim-witted were fooled by his acting and had no idea that he was acting dumb on purpose.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the aquaduct he had built! ^_^</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370329[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7928060, member: 115909"]Yup exactly! Caligula actually used him as a kind of jester to be mocked and laughed at. [I]But [/I]I have heard and read some historians who say that he intentionally played dumb so as to not seem like a threat to Caligula (who had a tendency to execute threats real or imagined). If so it means he outplayed and outsmarted a lot of people. In fact there is a good documentary on Netflix called "Roman Empire" that does a great job analyzing Claudius and applauds him as a skilled political player. He was an able and decent Emperor too. He wasn't cruel or a megalomaniac or anything like his nephew Caligula. I think alot of ancient historians who wrote of him as dim-witted were fooled by his acting and had no idea that he was acting dumb on purpose. Here is the aquaduct he had built! ^_^ [ATTACH=full]1370329[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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