Kanggo nulis `I, Claudius the God', saka sing diadapsi, Robert Graves reconverted the gener of sejarah fiction. Lan dhèwèké ora isa milih subjek sing luwih nggumun timbang Julio-Claudian dinasti. Malah sing retelling, sing terang-tentang fakta sejarah, bakal nggawé gambar terjemahan sing terkecah. Ning, nganggo numpak lurid, sensasionalistik hiperbole tambak marang para pemimpin Roman sing sakbanjuru (Suetonius and Tacitus), Graves concocted the ulteral in disfunctional dynastie, wektually sandal and realable cocog to ding to dingding the dingdingding to dingdingding the kendarnaning cocong.