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Jack Shepherd is subdued in the title role, Sophie Thompson (Emma's sister, Eric's daughter) is rather drippy as Imogen, and I can't even remember who plays Postumus.
April Books 18) Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare nwhyte 2009
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It's also odd that the title character is not particularly prominent in the plot: this is really the story of Cymbeline's daughter, Imogen, and her husband Postumus.
April Books 18) Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare nwhyte 2009
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Leaving nothing to chance, Augustus also adopted Agrippa Postumus, providing another option in the succession stakes, should it be needed.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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E.g., at a family dinner party, Claudius points out "my sister Livilla, teasing Postumus as usual".
I, Claudius Carla 2006
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E.g., at a family dinner party, Claudius points out "my sister Livilla, teasing Postumus as usual".
Archive 2006-08-01 Carla 2006
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Instead of trying to march on Rome, however, Postumus set up a breakaway state in the image of the Empire proper, and for nearly nine years ruled the so-called Gallic Empire, which included modern day Spain, France, and Britain.
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Postumus, a commander on the Danube, took advantage of the weakened Empire and declared himself emperor.
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Proculus; or Postumus, if after his decease; and when twins come into the world, and one dies at the birth, the survivor has the name of Vopiscus.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Postumus, Marcus Cassianius Latinius, Roman emperor potassium-argon dating potato blight
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Aurelian recovered Gaul from the successor of Postumus, Tetricus, in a Battle at Châlons.
270 2001
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