Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 1, 10 BC–October 13, 54), previously Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, 41 to his death in 54. Born in Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-day Lyon, France), to Drusus and Antonia Minor, he was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy. Claudius was considered a rather unlikely man to become emperor. He was reportedly afflicted with some type of disability, and his family had virtu ...

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The emperor Claudius was the protagonist of the books I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935) by Robert Graves, which were both written in the first-person to give the reader the impression that they are Claudius' autobiography. Graves employed fictive artifice to suggest that they were recently discovered, genuine translations of Claudius' writings. To this end I, Claudius even includes a fictional account of his visit to an oracle, who predicted that the document would be r ...

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Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum, Gaul, on the day of the dedication of an altar to Augustus. He was the third child of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, the two older children being Germanicus and Livilla. Antonia may have had two other children as well, but both died young. His maternal grandparents were Mark Antony and Octavia, Caesar Augustus' sister. His paternal grandparents were Livia, Augustus' third wife, and Tiberius Claudius Nero. During his reign, Claudius revived the rumor that his father Dru ...

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Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum, Gaul, on the day of the dedication of an altar to Augustus. He was the third child of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, the two older children being Germanicus and Livilla. Antonia may have had two other children as well, but both died young. His maternal grandparents were Mark Antony and Octavia, Caesar Augustus' sister. His paternal grandparents were Livia, Augustus's third wife, and Tiberius Claudius Nero. During his reign, Claudius revived the rumor that his father Dru ...

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Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus (May 10, 213/214 - January, 270), more often referred to as Claudius II, ruled the Roman Empire for less than two years (268 - 270), but during that brief time, he was so successful and beloved by the people of Rome that he attained divine status. His origin is uncertain. Claudius was either from the Sirmium region (in Pannonia Inferior) or from Dardania (in Moesia Superior). Claudius was the commander of the Roman army that defeated decisively the Goths at the battle of Naissus, in Sept ...

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Claudius Aelianus (c. 175 - c. 235), often seen as just Aelian, born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus, who died in 222. He spoke Greek so perfectly that he was called "honey-tongued" (meliglossos); Roman-born, he preferred Greek authors, and wrote in a slightly archaizing Greek himself. His two chief works are valuable for the numerous quotations from the works of earlier authors, which are otherwise lost, and for the s ...

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Agrippa II (AD 27 - 100), son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa. He was the brother of Berenice and Drusilla (second wife of Antonius Felix). He is sometimes mistakenly called Herod Agrippa II. Having grown up in the court of the emperor Claudius, on the death of his uncle Herod Antipas, Agrippa inherited the oversight of the Temple in A.D. 48; Claudius later invested him with the tetrarchy of Chalcis around 49/50. In 53, he was deprived of that kingdom by Claudius, who made him gov ...

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54 - Events. October 13 - Roman Empire emperor Claudius dies after being poisoned by Agrippina, his wife and niece. Nero succeeds Claudius as emperor of Roman Empire Patriarch Onesimus succeeds Stachys the Apostle as Patriarch of Constantinople. Judea is returned piecemeal to Agrippa I's son Marcus Julius Agrippa between 48 and 54. Paul of Tarsus begins his third mission. Apollos, a later assistant of Paul, is converted to Christianity in Ephesus Maiden ...

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41 - Events. January 24 - Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor. Claudius makes Agrippa king of Judea. Messalina, wife of Claudius, persuaded Claudius to have Seneca the Younger banished to Corsica on a charge of adultery with Julia Livilla. 41 - Births. Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina Marcus Valerius Martialis (possible birthdate) 41 - Deaths. January 24 ...

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The Annals, or, in Latin, Annales, is a history book by Tacitus covering the reign of the 4 Roman Emperors succeeding to Caesar Augustus. The parts of the work that survived from antiquity cover (most of) the reigns of Tiberius and Nero. The title Annals was probably not given by Tacitus, but derives from the fact that he treated this history in a year-by-year form. The (probably) original title was Ab excessu divi Augusti, "Following the death of the divine Augustus". Annals Tacitus - ...

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Celestial mechanics is a division of astronomy dealing with the motions and gravitational effects of celestial objects. The field applies principles of physics, historically Newtonian mechanics, to astronomical objects such as stars and planets. It is distinguished from astrodynamics, which is the study of the creation of artificial satellite orbits. Celestial mechanics - History of celestial mechanics. Although modern analytic celestial mechanics starts 400 years ago with Isaac Newton, prior studies addres ...

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Arvirargus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Cymbeline and succeeded his brother, King Guiderius fighting against the Romans under the command of Emperor Claudius. It is very possible, considering the similarities, that Arvirargus is the same person as Caratacus, also listed as a son of Cymbeline. Following his older brother's death, Arvirargus took the armour of Guiderius and led the army of the Britons against the Romans. When he learned that Claudius and his comm ...

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The name Aelian may refer to one of two people: Aelianus Tacticus, a Greek military writer of the 2nd century, who lived in Rome Claudius Aelianus, a Roman teacher and historian of the 3rd century, who wrote in Greek Other related archivesAelianus Tacticus, Claudius Aelianus

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Claudia Julia (5 AD - between 43-45 AD), full name Claudia Livia Julia Caesaris, was the daughter of Livilla and Drusus Julius Caesar. She is also known as Livia Julia, Claudia Julia, Julia Livilla the Younger and Julia, granddaughter of Roman Emperor Tiberius. In Robert Graves' historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God, she is known as Helen, Helou, Heloun and Helen the Glutton. At the time of Caesar Augustus' death in 14AD she was ill and Augustus had asked h ...

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Marcus Antonius Felix was the Roman procurator of Judaea 52-60 AD, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus. The squabbling created by the Roman practice of generating the equality of the Jews by insuring civic privileges bedeviled his time of service. He was a freedman either of the emperor Claudius, according to which theory Josephus (Antiq. xx. 7) calls him Claudius Felix, or more probably of his mother Antonia Minor. On entering his province he induced Drusilla of Mauretania, wife of Azizus of Horns (Emesa), to leave her h ...

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The Acts of Pilate (Latin Acta Pilati) which formed the nucleus of the medieval Gospel of Nicodemus, is a book of the New Testament apocrypha. The oldest sections of the book appear first in Greek. There are multiple parts to it, which are uneven in style and would seem to be by different hands, but the oldest section probably dates to the fourth century (see below). An appended text purports to be a written report made by Pontius Pilate to Claudius, containing a description of the crucifixion ...

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Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the "Military Anarchy" or the "Imperial Crisis" ) is a commonly applied name for the crumbling and near collapse of the Roman Empire between 235 and 284 caused by the three simultaneous crises of external invasion, internal civil war and economic collapse. The changes in the institutions, society, economic life and eventually religion were so profound and fundamental, the "Crisis of the Third Century" is increasingly seen as the watershed marking the difference between the classic ...

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268 - Events. The Alamanni invade Italy. September - Gallienus aided by Aurelian, defeats the Goths at Battle of Naissus Claudius II Gothicus becomes Roman Emperor. Claudius II Gothicus defeats the Alamanni at the Battle of Lake Benacus. First appearance of the Visigoths as a distinct people. Victorinus becomes the fourth Emperor of the Gallic Empire, following the murders of his predecessors 268 - Births.

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201 - Events. November: flood in Edessa Earliest trace of the Kyrgyz 201 - Births. Roman emperor Trajan Decius 201 - Deaths. Possible death of Claudius Galen of Pergamum (see 210) Category: 201 ...

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