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In a novel, this character starts referring to himself as “Old King Log” after (20[1])the effects of an “Olympian Mixture” wear off. This character narrates a novel that a woman prophesies will be read nineteen hundred years later. This character lives by the advice “play the fool” and gains the nicknames of “Poor Uncle” and “The Stammerer.” (20[1])This sickly character, who is dubbed (*) “the God” in a sequel, (10[1])becomes a ruler after being discovered hiding behind (10[1])a curtain. (10[6])In the (10[1])1970s, (10[1])the BBC (10[1])adapted (10[1])for (10[1])TV a 1934 (10[2])novel (10[1])titled for this character that opens with the assassination of Caligula. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])Roman emperor, (10[2])the subject (10[2])of a Robert Graves (10[1])novel (10[1])titled, (10[1])“I, [this (10[1])man].” (10[4])■END■ (10[1])

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