. as Tib. Claudius Drusus NeboGeemanicus. He was the younger son ofDrusus, the brother of the emperor Tiberius,and of Antonia, and was born on August 1st, 10, at Lyons in Gaul. In youth he wasweak and sickly, and was neglected and de-spised by his relatives. When he grew up hedevoted the greater part of his time to literarypursuits, but was not allowed to take any partin public affairs. (Suet. Claud. 2; Dio Cass,lx. 2.) He had reached the age of 50, when hewas suddenly raised by the soldiers to theimperial throne after the murder
. as Tib. Claudius Drusus NeboGeemanicus. He was the younger son ofDrusus, the brother of the emperor Tiberius,and of Antonia, and was born on August 1st, 10, at Lyons in Gaul. In youth he wasweak and sickly, and was neglected and de-spised by his relatives. When he grew up hedevoted the greater part of his time to literarypursuits, but was not allowed to take any partin public affairs. (Suet. Claud. 2; Dio Cass,lx. 2.) He had reached the age of 50, when hewas suddenly raised by the soldiers to theimperial throne after the murder of proclaimed an amnesty excepting the actualmurderers of Caligula. Claudius was not cruel,but the weakness of his character made himthe slave of his wives and freedmen, and thusled him to consent to acts of tyranny which hewould never have committed of his own was married four times. At the time of hisaccession he was married to his third wife, thenotorious Valeria Messallina, who governed himfor some years, together with the freedmen. Claudius Roman Emperor. of Emperor, laureate. TI. CLAVDIVS CAESAR M. TR. P. IMP. P. P. (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augus-tus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunitia Potestate, Imperator,Pater Patriae). Narcissus, Pallas, and others. After the execu-tion of Messallina, 48, a fate which she richlymerited, Claudius was still more unfortunate inchoosing for his wife his niece Agrippina. She CLAUDIUS CLEARCHUS 23V prevailed upon him to set aside his own son,Britannicus, and to adopt her son, Nero, thatshe might secure the succession for the soon after regretted this step, andwas in consequence poisoned by Agrippina, 54.—Several public works of great utility wereexecuted by Claudius. He built, for example,the famous Claudian aqueduct (Aqua Claudia),the port of Ostia, and the emissary by whichthe water of lake Fucinus was carried into theriver Liris. In his reign the southern partof Britain was ma
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