Interesting edit at the end there. Anyway, I'm in complete ecstasy seeing this series again - it's fantastic! Both Livilla & Sejanus get theirs soon enough. WOW!
What follows is worse, even if it is only hinted at. Sejanus's children are killed despite being protected by law. The boy is made to put on his manly gown, and the girl (even more protected as a virgin) is raped.
@cbak12sg And under the eye of Sejanus' former subordinate Macro who gives a look to the one guard of horrors he may face if he didn't execute the children.
Theres a great and intense interaction between Antonia and Claudius in this scene.Claudius finds Antonia,his mother,sitting outside the locked room while Livilla begs to be let out.He asks why his sister is locked in,till she dies,and his mother says thats her punishment.He then asks why shes sitting outside,listening to the screams and begs.She says thats her own punishment.
@newrochellephoenix Serves Antonia right I say. She turns out to be a fool herself, especially that the murderous scheming was from Livilla who clearly lacked Livia's patience and crafty methods.
The scenes without Livilla have been edited out. My advice: buy or rent the whole series on DVD. It's without a doubt one of the best things the BBC has ever produced.
A very intelligent emperor, but not at all like Graves' book or like the mini-series, as should be expected. Great writers have the right to skew history. Just about all of them do it.
The real Claudius was more prone to seduction, and ran a bit on the sadistic side if primary source material is to be believed.
Grave's explanation for Claudius' marriage to Agrippina the younger is particularly suspect. She held the title "Agusta" in his lifetime. By all accounts he adored her.
@onetwosixx exactly!
antoninus138 1 year ago
A true British Television Classic, Jacobi in the lead role is amazing:)
sparkythegerbil 3 years ago
Livilla (little Livia) was Claudius' sister. Her mother Antonia was the best of the family,
the daughter of Marc Antony and Augustus's sister Octavia. Antonia was also the widow of
Tiberius' brother Drusus: both were Livia's sons by her first husband Tiberius Nero.
bookkeeper57 3 years ago
Interesting edit at the end there. Anyway, I'm in complete ecstasy seeing this series again - it's fantastic! Both Livilla & Sejanus get theirs soon enough. WOW!
johndcorr 3 years ago
What follows is worse, even if it is only hinted at. Sejanus's children are killed despite being protected by law. The boy is made to put on his manly gown, and the girl (even more protected as a virgin) is raped.
cbak12sg 4 years ago
@cbak12sg And under the eye of Sejanus' former subordinate Macro who gives a look to the one guard of horrors he may face if he didn't execute the children.
3baxcb 10 months ago
i want to see more! lol. does it end with that clip of her locked in her room? does she die? why is she locked up in the first place??
descentlover 4 years ago
The remainder is very good. She does die in there.
Gnickk 4 years ago
Theres a great and intense interaction between Antonia and Claudius in this scene.Claudius finds Antonia,his mother,sitting outside the locked room while Livilla begs to be let out.He asks why his sister is locked in,till she dies,and his mother says thats her punishment.He then asks why shes sitting outside,listening to the screams and begs.She says thats her own punishment.
newrochellephoenix 3 years ago
@newrochellephoenix Serves Antonia right I say. She turns out to be a fool herself, especially that the murderous scheming was from Livilla who clearly lacked Livia's patience and crafty methods.
3baxcb 10 months ago
The scenes without Livilla have been edited out. My advice: buy or rent the whole series on DVD. It's without a doubt one of the best things the BBC has ever produced.
johndcorr 3 years ago
I love her voice! Its so proper!
QueenBee171 4 years ago
pat is beautiful!!
descentlover 4 years ago
is there any way to find the movie in its entirety un-cut?
bluepantha84 4 years ago
claudius if it is real as telling in his book, is the most inteligent emperor of rome I think
benclaudius 4 years ago 2
A very intelligent emperor, but not at all like Graves' book or like the mini-series, as should be expected. Great writers have the right to skew history. Just about all of them do it.
The real Claudius was more prone to seduction, and ran a bit on the sadistic side if primary source material is to be believed.
Grave's explanation for Claudius' marriage to Agrippina the younger is particularly suspect. She held the title "Agusta" in his lifetime. By all accounts he adored her.
lovelymess 3 years ago
How very true!.
PooruncleClaudius 4 years ago
She's a bad apple that Livilla
KatanaGeldar 4 years ago