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100	1	0	_aBaroin, Catherine _eauthor
245	0	0	_aClaudius or the Lack of Self-Control
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520			_aSeveral ancient sources (Seneca, Suetonius, Tacitus, Cassius Dio) present Emperor Claudius as incapable of controlling his addiction to wine, food and gambling, and of mastering his passions: love, cruelty, fear, anger, as much as his emotions, especially when he acts as an orator. But these sources also underline his inconsistency and his versatility (uarietas animi), and a form of self-forgetfulness and insensitivity. Moreover, Claudius doesn’t have control over his own body and over the way he walks and speaks. All these observations convey an image of Claudius as a prince who lacks the decus and dignitas essential to a man of his rank, whose conduct and speeches are often incomprehensible, and who suffers from a disturbed emotional behavior. While he belongs to the series of tyrannical princes established by historiography, Claudius thus constitutes a kind of unique case.
690			_aIntemperance
690			_aPrinceps Claudius
690			_aInsensitivity
690			_aSelf-Control
690			_aAnger
690			_aFickleness
690			_aFear
690			_aIntemperance
690			_aPrinceps Claudius
690			_aInsensitivity
690			_aSelf-Control
690			_aAnger
690			_aFickleness
690			_aFear
786	0		_nDialogues d’histoire ancienne | 48/1 | 1 | 2022-06-03 | p. 41-70 | 0755-7256
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-dialogues-d-histoire-ancienne-2022-1-page-41?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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