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Emperor Claudius

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The Disabled Claudius

Tiberius Claudius-Drusius was shunned, ostracized and ridiculed by his own family. Historians are not sure what ailment inflicted Claudius as the Romans were not very good at diagnosing such things. Current theories posit that he may have had cerebral palsy or Tourette's syndrome. The result is a sharp-witted and hilarious look into the world of commercialized religion.

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