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He was depicted by [[Suetonius]] as "afflicted with a variety of obstinate disorders," with "his mind and body being greatly impaired," and said that his mother called him "a man, that had been only begun, but never finished, by nature."   
 
He was depicted by [[Suetonius]] as "afflicted with a variety of obstinate disorders," with "his mind and body being greatly impaired," and said that his mother called him "a man, that had been only begun, but never finished, by nature."   
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However, [[Robert Graves]], in his famous novels ''[[I, Claudius]]'' and ''[[Claudius the God]],'' tells the story of Claudius from a sympathetic point of view, and pictures him as an able, intelligent man who suffered discrimination because of his nervous disorders.
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[[Robert Graves]] wrote two famous novels entitled ''[[I, Claudius]]'' and ''[[Claudius the God]].'' These are told as imaginary autobiography, from Claudius' own point of view. Graves depicts Claudius as an able, intelligent man who suffered unjust discrimination because of his nervous disorders.
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