Robert Graves, Tacitus, and the Defenestration of Apronia
In the 23rd chapter of I Claudius, Claudius’ estranged wife, Plautia Urgulanilla, murders her sister-in-law, Numantina, the wife of their host, Plautius, her brother, by means of a nocturnal defenestration. However, in order for Claudius the narrator to be able to tell the story, Graves needs him to be “in [Read more…]