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August 10 v. Chr. in Lugdunum, heute Lyon; † 13. Oktober 54 n. Chr.) war der vierte römische Kaiser der julisch-claudischen Dynastie. Er regierte vom 24. Januar 41 n. Chr. bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 54. Geboren wurde er in Lugdunum als Sohn des Nero Claudius Drusus und der Antonia Minor.
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Son of the Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia, Claudius was related to the emperors Tiberius and Augustus. The imperial family looked down on him because of his ill health, unattractive appearance, clumsiness, and coarseness. After the historian Livy encouraged his study of history, Claudius composed several books of Etruscan and Carthaginian history.
How did Claudius come to power?
Claudius’s appointment to consul under the reign of his elder brother’s son Gaius (Caligula) occurred in 37. After Gaius’s murder on January 24, 41, the Praetorian Guards, the imperial household troops, made Claudius emperor on January 25. He emphasized his friendship with the army and paid cash for his proclamation as emperor.
What were Claudius’s achievements?
Claudius invaded Britain in 43. He also expanded the empire by annexing Mauretania, Lycia in Asia Minor, and Thrace and enlarging and reorganizing imperial possessions in the Near East. Claudius’s general policy increased the emperor’s control over the treasury and the provincial administration and apparently gave his own governors in senatorial provinces jurisdiction over fiscal matters.
How did Claudius die?
The son of Nero Claudius Drusus, a popular and successful Roman general, and the younger Antonia, he was the nephew of the emperor Tiberius and a grandson of Livia Drusilla, the wife of the emperor Augustus. Ill health, unattractive appearance, clumsiness of manner, and coarseness of taste did not recommend him for a public life. The imperial famil...
Power came to Claudius unexpectedly after Gaius’s murder on January 24, 41, when he was discovered trembling in the palace by a soldier. The Praetorian Guards, the imperial household troops, made him emperor on January 25. By family tradition and antiquarian inclinations, Claudius was in sympathy with the senatorial aristocracy; but soldiers and courtiers were his real supporters, while freedmen and foreigners had been his friends in the days of neglect. Initially, the attitude of the Senate was at best ambiguous. In 42 many senators supported the ill-fated rebellion of the Governor of Dalmatia. Even later, several attempts on Claudius’s life involved senators and knights. Though paying homage to the dignity of the Senate (to whose administration he returned the provinces of Macedonia and Achaea) and giving new opportunities to the knights, Claudius was ruthless and occasionally cruel in his dealings with individual members of both orders. From the very beginning he emphasized his friendship with the army and paid cash for his proclamation as emperor.
Claudius’s decision to invade Britain (43) and his personal appearance at the climax of the expedition, the crossing of the Thames and the capture of Camulodunum (Colchester), were prompted by his need of popularity and glory. But concern with the anti-Roman influence of the Druid priesthood, which he tried to suppress in Gaul, and a general inclination toward expanding the frontiers were other reasons. Claudius planted a colony of veterans at Camulodunum and established client-kingdoms to protect the frontiers of the province; these were afterward a source of trouble, such as the revolt in 47 of Prasutagus, client-king of the Iceni, and later the general revolt instigated by his wife Boudicca (also called Boadicea). He also annexed Mauretania (41–42) in North Africa, of which he made two provinces (Caesariensis in the east and Tingitana in the west), Lycia in Asia Minor (43), and Thrace (46). Though he enlarged the kingdom of Herod Agrippa I, he later made Judaea a province on Agrippa’s death in 44. In 49 he annexed Iturea (northeastern Palestine) to the province of Syria. He was careful not to involve the empire in major wars with the Germans and the Parthians. Claudius supported Roman control of Armenia, but in 52 he preferred the collapse of the pro-Roman government to a war with Parthia, leaving a difficult situation to his successor.
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Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ ˈ k l ɔː d i ə s /; Latin: [tɪˈbɛriʊs ˈklau̯diʊs ˈkae̯sar au̯ˈɡʊstʊs gɛrˈmaːnɪkʊs]; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was a Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54.
- 24 January 41 – 13 October 54
- Antonia the Younger
Claudius war der vierte Kaiser der julisch-claudischen Dynastie, der von 41 bis 54 n. Chr. regierte. Er eroberte Britannien, Mauretanien, Thrakien und Noricum und baute den Fuciner See trocken. Erfahre mehr über seine Herkunft, seine Frauen, seine Eroberungen und seinen Tod.
18. Okt. 2011 · Learn about Claudius, the uncle and successor of Caligula, who ruled Rome from 41 to 54 CE. Find out how he became emperor, what he achieved, and how he died.
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18. Nov. 2023 · Erfahren Sie mehr über das Leben und die Herrschaft von Kaiser Claudius, der trotz körperlicher Behinderungen und politischer Herausforderungen zum mächtigsten Mann Roms wurde. Lesen Sie über seine Reformen, seine Eroberungen, sein Privatleben und sein Vermächtnis für das Römische Reich.
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (1. August 10 v. Chr. – 13. Oktober 54 n. Chr.) war der vierte römische Kaiser der julisch-claudischen Dynastie. Er regierte vom 24. Januar 41 n. Chr. bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 54. Im Neuen Testament begegnet er in
