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Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius

Whitacre, Amanda Joree

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2018, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies.
This thesis examines the passages in Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis, Suetonius’ Lives of the Caesars, and Dio’s Roman History, which pertain to the Emperor Claudius’ disability. The passages are discussed in terms of how they reflect the Roman perception of disability. This perception equates leadership with physical control of one’s body and hence portrays Claudius as an unsuitable leader. The thesis concludes with portions of a letter which Claudius wrote to the Alexandrians, the contents of which reveal Claudius as a man who commands authority, making him appear as a capable leader despite what his physical differences implied.
Jennifer Larson, PhD (Advisor)
Sarah Harvey, PhD (Committee Member)
Brian Harvey, PhD (Committee Member)
86 p.

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  • Whitacre, A. J. (2018). Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532088905482623

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Whitacre, Amanda. Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius . 2018. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532088905482623.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Whitacre, Amanda. "Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532088905482623

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)