I have selected an article on Claudius. My essay will explore Claudius'

strengths as an Imperator, why he was often perceived as weak and incompetent,

and to what extent could this perception of him be challenged. I am starting

off my research on Claudius by looking at his character through accounts of his

rhetoric and his style of speech...

"Claudius Speaks: Two Imperial Contretemps"

Author: Barbara M. Levick

Source: Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Vol. 38, No. 1 (1st Qtr.,

1989), pp. 112-116

Published by: Franz Steiner Verlag

Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4436094

If you have some extra time (haha!), I found this other article of Levick's very

useful in terms of re-examining Claudius' character.

"Antiquarian or Revolutionary? Claudius Caesar's Conception of His Principate"

Author: B. M. Levick

Source: The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 99, No. 1 (Spring, 1978), pp.

79-105

Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/293870

Thanks!