So, Robert Graves is my favorite author, and I just read Claudius the God a couple days ago.

I think both of them were fantastic, but I Claudius is one of those 6/5 books for me, while Claudius the God was just 5/5. What makes the books absolutely incredible is Graves' prose, as well as the great narration that Claudius provides.

But, he's obviously more incisive (intentionally, I presume) about characters other than himself, which makes the first book, where he's less actually in the spotlight, more interesting from a content perspective.

Anyway, that's my two cents on the matter, but I agree that I Claudius was the stronger