Livia's Will 2/2"I Claudius Best Moments"

Livia invites Claudius for lunch, and tells him her last wish. In exchange he demands to know the truth.

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[NightBear01]

Actually, Claudius did deify her in 42 AD, 13 years after her death.

[ButtaUsagi]

It's so funny how she said she poison all those people with ease ! XD

[neilerone]

*I Claudius*........a most wonderful series....I watch it at least once yearly......just the best of BBC/PBS.......Bravo Livia and Claudius. Great scene!

[Hylas19]

@nightbear01 What did he do to defy Livia?

[Hylas19]

Livia was so cruel to Claudius, and it's only in the face of damnation that she is able to show him any courtesy. And yet he still fulfills her wish. Does that make him a fool or a hero? Though she gives him the most precious thing to him, the truth, it always amazed me he could actually love her enough and forgive her enough to make her a goddess. But then, hey, anybody in Rome could be a deity with the right connections, so I dunno...

[3baxcb]

@pmkraa Hey he still remembers the advice the historian gave him to exaggerate any infirmities or disabilities that he had and therefore never be considered a political threat.

[don3001]

Indeed, one of the best scenes from " I Claudius" . I saw this series about 4 times the last years. Very very good actors,. Very good story.!

[Ennio444]

Not really. You're assuming that the Empire was safe because it had good rulers, and it started to fall when it had bad rulers. That's not true. Caligula and Nero has been bad rulers. Titus would have become another Caligula / Domitian had he lived more. Trajan was very clever, but he was enjoying the great work of Vespasian. Commodus didn't create any crysis. The problem was that the Severians didn't do it well enough, but the bases of the Empire were already trembling.

[pirateking193]

@Ennio444 tiberius admits that it "wasn't really worth it" in the final episode. the book does state that tiberius was intelligent (if an unpleasent) ruler.

[pirateking193]

@Ennio444 in the book claudius actually does state the tiberius was a competant administrator and a great general; just that he was a complete asshole.

[pirateking193]

@Ennio444 tiberius was a competant ruler, but I was also an unpleasant guy to be around. Vespasian, Titus, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius and Marcus aurelius also led what was some of the better years. commodus was when shit really hit the fan.

[pmkraa]

I like the way Claudius trips and passes out just after his conversation with Livia.