The Palatine Saga

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• The Unexpected Emperor by AshleyB_Writes

  Fandoms: Ancient Roman History Historical RPF, I Claudius Series - Robert Graves, I Claudius (TV 1976), Classical Greece and Rome History & Literature RPF  

  • General Audiences
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  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  25 Sep 2026

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  • Claudius (Ancient Rome)/Luna (Original Character)
  • Claudius (Ancient Rome)
  • Luna (Original Character)
  • Gaius Julius Caesar | Emperor Caligula
  • Claudia Antonia (Ancient Rome)
  • historical age gap
  • Ancient Rome
  • Found Family
  • Claudius (Ancient Rome) - Freeform
  • Claudia Antonia (Ancient Rome) - Freeform
  • Alternate History - Canon Divergence
  • Fix-it fic
  • Reign of Caligula
  • Political Intrigue
  • Court Drama
  • True Love
  • Claudius Deserves Better
  • No Messalina or Agrippina
  • Competent Claudius
  • giving claudius a happy life because the history books wouldn't.
  • Julio-Claudian Dynasty

  Summary

  They thought him a fool, unfit for command or public office, and so they spared him. In truth, he was observing everything, waiting for the day Rome would need a mind uncorrupted by ambition.When the sudden, violent end of Caligula’s reign throws Rome into a bloodbath, an unlikely scholar is forced into the imperial purple. Discover a gripping revisionist historical epic where Emperor Claudius and his brilliant Empress, Luna, fight to rebuild an empire from the bedrock of the Subura markets up

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Palatine Saga

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,614

  Chapters:

  2/9

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  17