| Pulman can't resist dramatizing yet again the Livian Art of Manipulation. There is no evidence for this charming scene, not even in Graves. Pulman seems to be interpolating a sentence or two from the novel. In Graves, Augustus mentions altering his will to Claudius who expects his fortunes and those of Postumus to improve. When the will is read, neither of them benefits, ergo...suppressed will. The Vestal Camilla is a Pulman creation. So let's get this straight - Jack excludes Marcia (Livia's unwitting source in both Tacitus & Graves), but feels the need to pull a vestal out of his...- yes, we're in the Pulmanzone. |
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