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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

• Claudius writes his autobiography for future generations.

• Claudius recalls two prophecies which have or will come to pass.

• Claudius is born with physical disabilities. He is considered a mental idiot.

• Claudius describes his lineage from Mark Antony and Octavia and Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia.

• Claudius relates how the Triumvirate of Augustus Caesar, Mark Antony, and Pompey became a benign dictatorship under Augustus Caesar.

• Augustus becomes dominated by his wife, Livia.

Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

• Marcellus and Agrippa become rival successors to Augustus.

• Livia poisons Marcellus after he marries Julia.

• Agrippa marries Augustus's daughter, Julia, then dies.

• Livia's son, Tiberius, marries Julia.

• Claudius compares his father and Tiberius as military leaders.

• Drusus urges Tiberius to help him restore the Republic.

• Drusus dies under the care of Livia's physician.

• Tiberius suspects Livia of killing his brother, but binds himself to her in order to become Caesar.

Chapter 5 | Chapter 6

• Claudius's...

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