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  Appius Claudius Caudex. Who is Appius Claudius Caudex? What is Appius Claudius Caudex? Where is Appius Claudius ...
Appius Claudius Caudex was a patrician member of the Claudii.
He was the grandson of Appius Claudius Caecus, and served as consul in 264 BC.
Claudius tried to send ambassadors to both the Carthaginians and the Syracusans, but he was ignored.
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 Claudius (gens) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Appius Claudius Caecus, consul 307 BC, 297 BC (or 296 BC)
Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul 144 BC (or 143 BC)
Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul 77 BC (or 79 BC?)
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 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Claudius (gens)"
Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla (herself a Claudian Nero through her father Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus) was adpoted by Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (see Julio-Claudian dynasty).
Gaius Claudius Marcellus (consul 49 BC) was married to Augustus' sister Octavia and their son was married to Augustus' daughter, Julia.
Lucius Catilius Severus Iulianus Claudius Reginus, consul 120
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 Wikipedia: First Punic War
Appius Claudius Caudex is dispatched to Sicily to guard Messana from the Carthaginians.
Appius Claudius arrives in Sicily, and conducts negotiations with the Carthaginians.
Claudius was defeated, resultign in the loss of 93 ships, 8,000 soldiers killed and 20,000 soldiers captured by the enemy.
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 264 BCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Claudius Caudex and his army are at Rhegium, poised to cross the straits and confront the Carthaginians and their Syracusan allies.
Claudius Caudex would very much like to perform a manpower operation - best to do so now, before the raid modifiers kick in next year - but cannot, because there are no enemy forces in Italy.
Claudius would need 50 infantry SPs to take the city through Involuntary Surrender, but he had only 30, so declares a siege instead.
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 Claudii [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Gaius Claudius Marcellus (consul 49 BC) was married to Augustus' sister OctaviaOctavia was the name of three women of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty of ancient Rome: two were sisters of Augustus Caesar, and the younger was the daughter of Claudius and wife of Nero....
A plebian offshoot of this family was created when a Publius Claudius Pulcher had himself adopted by a plebian (for political reasons) and was thereafter known as Publius Clodius; his sister ClodiaClodia, born Claudia Pulchra Tertulla in circa 95 BC, was the third daughter of the patrician Appius Claudius Pulcher and Caecilia Metella Balearica.
Tiberius Claudius Nero GermanicusTiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus (August 1, 10 BC - October 13, 54), originally known as Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24th 41 to his death in 54.
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 Appius
Appius Claudius Appius Claudius (PW 123) was a 451 BC.
Appius Claudius Caudex Appius Claudius Caudex was a 264 BC.
Appius Claudius Pulcher Appius Claudius Pulcher was the name of several members of the Roman Republic The first was acti...
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 All Empires - The Punic Wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Claudius was most probably driven by greed, ambition, and the prospect of being the first Roman to command an overseas expidition.
Sometime later Claudius led a raiding party, mostly cavalry, and plundered the Syracusan camp, ensuing in a sharp battle where the Syracusan cavalry, known for their martial abilities, were able to defend from the Roman attack successfully until Claudius brought up some of his infantry reserves which promptly put the Syracusan army to flight.
Claudius moved to cut the fleet off but failed and he manuevered to form a new battle line when the Punic armada turned to battle the Romans.
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 Appius Claudius Caecus - Iridis Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Appius Claudius Caecus ("Appius Claudius the Blind," c.
His son was the consul Publius Claudius Pulcher, his grandson the consul Appius Claudius Caudex.
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 Appius Claudius Caudex
Appius Claudius Caudex: Roman senator, played a role in the first part of the First Punic War (264-241).
Appius Claudius Caudex (the surname probably means 'blockhead'), the son of Caius, was one of the two
Caius Claudius crossed the strait for the third time, and because he now understood the currents, was able to capture the harbor before the Carthaginians understood what was going on.
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 The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Tiberius
On the other hand, Claudius Regillianus, decemvir for codifying the laws, through his lawless attempt to enslave a freeborn maid, to gratify his passion for her, was the cause of the second secession of the plebeians from the patricians [449 B.C.].
Claudius Russus, having set up his statue at Forum Appi with a crown upon its head, tried to take possession of Italy through his dependents.
He was defeated, and on being bidden by the Senate to appoint a dictator, he appointed his messenger Glycias, as if again making a jest of his country's peril.
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 FLACCUS - LoveToKnow Article on FLACCUS
QUINTUS FULVIUS FLACcUS, son of the first of the family, Marcus, who was consul with Appius Claudius Caudex in 264.
In 212 he defeated Hanno near Beneventum, and with his colleague Appius Claudius Pulcher began the siege of Capua.
The capture of this place was considered so important that their imperium was prolonged, but on condition that they should not leave Capua until it had been taken.
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 The Claudii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Claudius Caudex was the first to cross the straits with a fleet [264 B.C.], and drove the Carthaginians from Sicily.
Tiberius Nero crushed Hasdrubal, on his arrival from Spain with a vast army [207 B.C.] before he could unite with his brother Hannibal.
Claudius Pulcher began a sea-fight off Sicily [249 B.C.], though the sacred chickens would not eat when he took the auspices, throwing them into the sea in defiance of the omen, and saying that they might drink, since they would not eat.
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 Caudex - Establishing A Cycad Caudex, Propagate your basal suckers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Caudex - Establishing A Cycad Caudex, Propagate your basal suckers
Another plant was a Macrozamia moorei of about 16 inch caudex with noticeable caudex Macrozamia moorei: 16 to 18 inch caudex, newly emerging leaves,
Establishing a cycad caudex, removing basal suckers or pups.
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 Caudex - Caudex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Caudex rot, close-up showing soft tissue with thumb going into caudex.
Caudex is the local client which allows for personal reference management and All references are stored in ~/.caudex/storages, so this is the directory
The term derives from the Latin word caudex = tree trunk, Caudex is a no-technical term used to describe the persistent thickened, root or fat stem base at
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 Appius Claudius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Despite being of patrician descent, he supported the plebeian wish for a code of laws, and while in office shared power with their representatives.
He was claimed to have been murdered or committed suicide as a consequence of his lust for Verginia, but the historical facts are scanty and dubious.
This page was last modified 16:44, 14 March 2005.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 301   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
CODIClLLUS,is identical with caudex.> as Claudius and Clodius, claustrum and clostrum^ cauda and coda.
2) still used the form caudex in the same sense in which afterwards codex was used exclusively.
25.)- The surname of Caudex given to Appius Claudius must be traced to this signification.
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 Republic of Rome -- Timeline
Apius Claudius Caudex enters Sicily with 2 legions and occupies Messana -- First Punic War is declared.
City of Lilybaeum holds, however, during an 8 year siege due to success of Rhodian blockade runners.
Claudius Pulcher attacks Carthaginian fleet, but loses 93 vessels.
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 caudex - OneLook Dictionary Search
Caudex : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
Phrases that include caudex: appius claudius caudex, claudius caudex
Words similar to caudex: caudexes, caudices, stock, stem, more...
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 Hiero II of Syracuse
In 264 BC he again returned to the attack, and the Mamertines called in the aid of Rome.
Hiero at once joined the Punic leader Hanno, who had recently landed in Sicily; but being defeated by the consul Appius Claudius Caudex, he withdrew to Syracuse.
Pressed by the Roman forces, in 263 he was compelled to conclude a treaty with Rome, by which he was to rule over the south-east of Sicily and the eastern coast as far as Tauromenium (Polybius i.
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 Tiberius By: Suetonius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Moreover, having gained the licence of privacy, and being as it were out of sight of the citizens, he at last gave free rein at once to all the vices which he had for a long time ill concealed; and of these I shall give a detailed account from the beginning.
Even at the outset of his military career his excessive love of wine gave him the name of Biberius, instead of Tiberius, Caldius for Claudius, and Mero for Nero.
He gave a very obscure candidate for the quaestorship preference over men of the noblest families, because at the emperor's challenge he had drained an amphora of wine at a banquet.
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 Suetonius: Tiberius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Claudius Caudex primus freto classe traiecto Poenos Sicilia expulit.
Contra Claudius Regillianus, decemuir legibus scribendis, uirginem ingenuam per uim libidinis gratia in seruitutem asserere conatus causa plebi fuit secedendi rursus a patribus.
Claudius Pulcher apud Siciliam non pascentibus in auspicando pullis ac per contemptum religionis mari demersis, quasi ut biberent quando esse nollent, proelium nauale iniit; superatusque, cum dictatorem dicere a senatu iuberetur, uelut iterum inludens discrimini publico Glycian uiatorem suum dixit.
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 Leaders and Battles: Messina,
Appius Claudius Caudex ("the log"), who was instrumental in achieving Roman acceptance of the request of aid from Messana, led the invading army: an advance guard was sent, followed by the main body.
Although Rome and Carthage were not at war, there is some evidence that the Romans' crossing of the straits was opposed.
Thus by the end of the year, Carthage and Syracuse had been expelled from the neighbourhood of Messana, and Hiero was shut up in Syracuse.There was no triumph for Claudius upon his return to Rome.
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According to legend, what did Claudius Pulcher do, causing the Roman navy to be defeated at Drepana?
Who was the tribune of the plebs in 232 BC who proposed that the Ager Gallicus taken from the Senones be divided into small allotments for poor citizens?
Who was the only senator to support Quintus Claudius' law of 218 to prohibit senators from possessing ships of sea-going capacity in an effort to limit their involvement in private commerical enterprise?
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 Freewalt.com - Greco-Roman History - Consuls of the Republic III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Claudius Caecus II Volumnius Flamma Violens II Fabius Maximus Rullianus V
Marcius Tremulus II Cornelius Arvina II Claudius Marcellus
Claudius Canina II Papirius Cursor II Carvilius Maximus II Surrender of Tarentum, 272
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 Claudius (gens) Details, Meaning Claudius (gens) Article and Explanation Guide
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Claudius (gens) Guide, Meaning, Facts, Information and Description
Page Contains Information, Facts Details or Explanation Guide About Claudius (gens)
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 List of Consuls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Atilius Regulus II Manlius Vulso Longus II Claudius Pulcher
Claudius Marcellus IV Valerius Laevinus II Fabius Maximus Verrucosus V
There could be as few as 2 or more commonly, as many as 20 consuls appointed per year.
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 Lecture No. 9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Last stage of war: continued naval and land battles; Rome invades Africa
Battle of Drepanum (249 BC): Claudius and the sacred chickens
End of First Punic War: Roman "public-spiritedness" kicks in during a dark hour
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 RNDnet's Ancient Rome - The Rulers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
273 C. Fabius Licinus - C. Claudius Canina
222 Cn.Cornelius Scipio Calvus - M. Claudius Marcellus
213 Q. Fabius Maximus (oppure Claudius Nero) - Ti.
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