I am writing a paper on Claudius and I want to give the paper a Latin title. I am thinking something like, "Claudio Imperatore Infirmi" for, "Claudius the Infirm Emperor," but I am uncertain about if the Latin is correct as I've only used Google translate. I didn't know where to ask but thought this board would suffice. Is the Latin correct?
Also, any critiques on the title? I suppose you'd have to read the essay to know what I should call it but what are your intuitions about it? The paper is for a history of the Roman empire collegiate class and I am supposed to compare how a modern historian and Suetonius evaluate the emperor.
Cheers.
Lucas James
poor uncle claudius
Justin Martin
Seconding this
Brandon Hill
Pauper Patruus Claudius it is
William Carter
OPus faggotus
Brody Kelly
Seriously though, the poor guy could not catch a break. According to Suetonius, the man often took a nap after he ate dinner, and his family and guests would throw olives at him while he slept, and would put slippers on his hands and then hit his face with a stick to wake him up and upon waking he'd clutch his face with his slipper hands- getting whatever was on those slippers on his face.
He'd struggle to find a place to sit during dinner. I could imagine him slugging around and asking, "um... excuse me... sir... I um, usually sit here."
Apparently when he suspected Messalina and Silius of conspiring against him he, "... ran in great fright, and a very shameful manner, to the camp, asking all the way he went, "if the empire were indeed safely his.""
Even his triumph after the campaign in Britannia was performed in a, "solemn manner."
The poor guy.
Ian Rivera
Is this definitely correct Latin or did you just use Google translate?
Evan Peterson
"Infermi" is plural. I think you want "Claudius, Imperatore Infirmus"
Owen Edwards
I'm 99% positive it is Dunno if the romans used "pauper" in that sense tho
Caleb Reed
Robert Graves fan detected.
Andrew Russell
>According to Suetonius
Got to read Suetonius with a HUGE grain of salt, though.
Elijah Sanders
>Dunno if the romans used "pauper" in that sense tho
Pretty sure they did not. Maybe "infortunatus?" Or "infelicis?"
Been WAY too many years since I studied Latin...
Dylan Morales
I am, cheers. The image is funny though, however true.
Aiden Gutierrez
Miserabilis?
Luke Morris
don't worry about the title, the professor won't care about that.
Suetonius was like Oliver Stone. and he really hated Livia. he made her out to be a villain, but in reality, she wasn't
Dylan Carter
How did the Romans view Claudius after he died? Was there any feeling of admiration for an underdog that reached the top? Or was he seen by future generations as an embarrassing retard that shouldn't be talked about, like Carlos II?
Grayson Torres
Seneca's "Pumpkinification" pretty much ruined Claudius's reputation for centuries.
Jacob Mitchell
That is 100% incorrect.
Claudius Imperator Perditus or Claudius Imperator Excors
Noah Watson
More of the latter. His successors disregarded many of his pronouncements and edicts believing him to have been senile and foolish, and cucked by his wife. Romans tended not to like him because he was bookish and learned instead of a dynamic, vainglorious military man. His works on Etruscan history for instance have not survived because nobody gave enough of a shit to preserve them.
Jose Morales
Thanks, could you translate, "Poor uncle Claudius" as well? I might use that instead.
Cheers.
Michael Sanders
The correct would be "De Claudio Imperatore Infirmo", if you want to say something like "On Claudius, the infirm emperor". If you want only to say "Claudius, the infirm emperor", then it must be "Claudius, imperator infirmus".
I think instead of "pauper" it should be "miser". At least I've seem the latter used in the sense of "poor ...!".
Why "infirmus" is incorrect?
Juan James
Thanks everyone, I'm gonna go with, "De Claudio Avunculo Misero"
Thanks for the idea.
Hudson Lee
Claudius was too good for the Romans. I'm glad their stupid empire fell.
Jordan Cox
If you don't know Latin then don't use a Latin title you pretentious shit bitch.
Logan Thomas
I am fine with admitting I received help on the title.