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Excerpt from A History of the Romans Under the Empire, Vol. 5 Claudius subject to the influence, 1. Of women: His wives: Mes salina. 2. Of freedmen: Polybius, Narcissus, etc. - Treatment of the sisters of Caius. Banishment of Seneca. Death of App. Silanus. Conspiracy of Scribonianus. Invasion of Britain and triumph of Claudius. Death of Valerius Asiaticus. Internal administration of Claudius. Rivalry of Messalina and Agrippina. Messahna's amour with Silius, and daring marriage with him. Alarm and anger of Claudius. Her disgrace and death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.