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| 1 | The historical novels about Claudius were created by Robert Graves in the form of the autobiography. Claudius as a historian is very suitable figure for the author. Graves states his own philosophy of history, which deals with the problem of existence of the person in history. Livia and Claudius are the different types of politicians. The Claudius’s mentality is the mentality of a scientist. He thinks about the results of his actions: Claudius is an example of a reflective type of consciousness. Livia prefers to create the history, but Claudius – to write about it. In spite of this fact, Claudius is important for Graves because of his bloodless victory in Britain. Keywords: autobiography, philosophy of history, mask of the narrator, historical prose | 968 | ||||