# Where did I, Claudius come from? And how accurate is it?

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**Created:** [April 3, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-claudius-come-from-and-how-accurate-is-it/351062 "2006-04-03T13:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-claudius-come-from-and-how-accurate-is-it/351062/21 "2006-04-04T19:00:22Z")

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> Quote:  
> Originally Posted by The Punkyova  
> Robert Graves based most of it on Suetonius, “The Twelve Caesars.” (This is roughly the equivalent of the tabloid press, without the restraint.)  
> Imagine someone writing a history of the last couple of American presidents based on The Clinton Chronicles and Farenheit 9/11, and you’ll have the general idea.

No, it’s not. read my earlier post:

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> There’s a post-script to Graves’ book in which he listed some of his sources. He was apparently fed up with people who thought he ripped it all off from Suetonius. Graves knew better than to do that.

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