"Britannicus was now of age — Britannicus, the genuine and deserving stock to succeed to his father's power, which an interloping heir by adoption now exercised in virtue of the iniquities of his mother..."
Annals, Book XIII by Tacitus
(with further apologies to Vidal, Brass and Guccione...well, they should apologise first to be honest...)
COMING TO A FORUM NEAR YOU
KALENDARUM AUGUSTAE, 2769 AB URBE CONDITA
(That's early August 2016 to us barbarians)
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Annals, Book XIII by Tacitus
(with further apologies to Vidal, Brass and Guccione...well, they should apologise first to be honest...)
COMING TO A FORUM NEAR YOU
KALENDARUM AUGUSTAE, 2769 AB URBE CONDITA
(That's early August 2016 to us barbarians)
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OH NO, NOT AGAIN.
Now what's that supposed to mean?
HOW'S THE SIXTH GOOD EMPEROR DOING?
As dead as he himself was after that Tongrian cavalryman was done with him.
AND WHEN IS GERMANIA WEBERAE UPDATING?
This weekend.
REALLY?
Yes!
IF YOU SAY SO.
Well, I do! Can we talk about this now?
BEEN WATCHING "EGO, CLAUDIUS", EH?
Indeed I have, and I'm cracking on with the books (ergo, and Divus Claudius) now, recently gotten from the Interrete; that service known as "Amazonia", to be specific.
I PRESUME TI. CLAUDIUS BRITANNICUS CAESAR SURVIVES AND GETS HIS TOGA VIRILIS?
Yes indeed, and lives on for quite a while, although it's not always a smooth ride - then again, it never is with those Caesares, is it?
...IS THAT MONS VESUVIUS IN THE BACKGROUND?
Quite so.
ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE CANON OF THE STORIES OR OF HISTORY AS TOLD BY SUETONIUS, PLINIUS (MAJOR AND MINOR) AND TACITUS, AMONGST OTHERS?
Whichever is convenient for the plot. So let us accept that Britannicus rebuffs his father's proposal to restore the Republic, but in the time after Claudius's death and before Britannicus's fourteenth birthday Nero begins to fall out with Agrippinilla, and mother begins to plot against son, with Britannicus as her key pawn...
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As suggested more than once before, welcome to (hopefully) my first narrative TL! It's an unlicensed and unauthorised sequel to I, Claudius, purporting a different fate for Britannicus where he lives to see his fourteenth birthday (and many more thereafter), and treads a thin line between fan fiction and alternate history. Hopefully the idea isn't too offensive.
The first part, Bottoms Up, Titus, will begin in August...or so I hope.