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 Claudius has dinner with Livia where he is told Caligula will become Emperor, and the Claudius will not be killed. Livia makes him take an oath to make her a God.
+She explains:
+> I quite agree about the ignorant rabble. It's not so much my fame on earth that I'm thinking about as the position I am to occupy in Heaven. I have done many impious things - no great ruler can do otherwise. I have put the good of the Empire before all human considerations. To keep the Empire free from factions I have had to commit many crimes .... And what is the proper reward for a ruler who commits such crimes for the good of his subjects? The proper reward, obviously is to be defied.
 ===== Chapter 26 =====
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 ===== Chapter 28 =====
-Tiberius is killed by Marco and Caligula. Caligula becomes Emperor
+Tiberius is killed by Marco and Caligula. Caligula becomes Emperor.
+===== Chapter 29-34 (completed 2021-08-08) =====
+Caligula as emperor. Initially welcomed (after Tiberius' rule, and as son of Germanicus). He is a profiglate spender, soon emptying out the royal coffers. He then finds ways to get money from the rich and powerful, eventually gaining many enemies.
+He also goes ?mad, and sees himself as a God, equal to the other Gods. Along the way, he rids himself of many enemies, including Marco, who initially helped him get into power. Many family members, including his mother are also directly or indirectly killed by him. Claudius survives by his wit and perceived lack of threat to Caligula.
+Caligula marries Messalina to Claudius, who leaves Calpurnia.
+Finally, Caligula is killed in a plot by Cassius Chaerea, who is in turn killed by Caligula's German bodyguards. In the chaos, Claudius is made emperor, and the book ends here.
+===== Family =====
+{{:bk:iclaudius-family_tree.png?400|}}
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