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| | Claudius - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Claudius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Claudius was believed to have been weak and easily led by his wives and his senior freedmen, who served as his principal secretaries. |
 | | Lame, and suffering from a speech impediment, Claudius was frequently the object of ridicule. |
 | | Claudius was dominated by his third wife, Messalina, whom he ultimately had executed for adultery, and he may have been poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina the Younger, the mother of Claudius's step-son and successor, Nero. |
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