Word: agrippa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Claudius found that being an Emperor was even more complicated than it looked. His old schoolmate Herod Agrippa gave him good advice and remained his best friend, even when politics made them mortal enemies. With the best will in the world Claudius made mistakes, and an emperor's mistakes were hard to correct. But he kept hard at it, turned many a laugh on his critics by his homely shrewdness, gradually built up a solid popularity with the Roman populace. His greatest personal triumph was his successful campaign against Britain, when his bookish tactics went like clockwork...
...apply, because he thought another man should have the post, but he gave himself the satisfaction of nearly applying. He appeared at the registrar's office and at the last legal minute lowered his papers till they nearly touched the table, then took them up again. Curmudgeonly Agrippa Prastberg lived on a raft, once a year ruined the Lagerlöfs' kitchen clock by "regulating"' it. When mischievous urchins daubed his floating home with paint, he showed his resentment by lying motionless in his punt. Doctor Piscator was a dangerous man to call in because he stayed...