FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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drinking poison
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drowning
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suicide
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old age
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Detailed explanation-1: -Claudius died on 13 October AD 54. Roman opinion was convinced that Agrippina had poisoned him. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the ‘I Claudius’ of Robert Graves’s splendid historical novels, was one of the few historians who has ever exercised real power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roman tradition is unanimous in stating that Claudius was poisoned by Agrippina on October 13, 54 ce, though the details differ. A version of poisoning by mushrooms prevailed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract. The Roman emperor Claudius suffered from a wide range of physical tics and disabilities. Many scholars have explained these symptoms by hypothesizing that Claudius suffered from cerebral palsy.
Detailed explanation-4: -In January 41, four months after his return to Rome from Gaul, Caligula was murdered at the Palatine Games by Cassius Chaerea, tribune of the Praetorian Guard, Cornelius Sabinus, and others. Caligula’s wife and daughter were also put to death. He was succeeded as emperor by his uncle Claudius.