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  Claudius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Claudius also made a law requiring plaintiffs to remain in the city while their cases were pending, as defendants had previously been required to do.
Claudius' ashes were interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus on October 24, after a funeral in the manner of Augustus.
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 Claudius II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus (May 10, 213/214 - January, 270), more often referred to as Claudius II, was a Roman emperor: he ruled the Roman Empire for less than two years (268 - 270), but during that brief time he managed to obtain some successes.
Claudius was the commander of the Roman army that defeated decisively the Goths at the battle of Naissus, in September 268; in the same month, he attained the throne, amid charges, never proven, that he murdered his predecessor Gallienus.
Claudius responded quickly and swiftly, routing the Alamanni at the Battle of Lake Benacus in the late fall of 268, a few months after the battle of Naissus.
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 Claudius II Gothicus
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Claudius was born on 10 May AD 214 in the region of Dardania which was either a part of the province of Illyricum or Upper Moesia.
Was Claudius II Gothicus' performance against the northern barbarians a success, he simply could not afford to deal with the eastern menace of queen Zenobia of Palmyra.
Claudius II Gothicus had not even been emperor for two years, but his death caused great grief among the army as well as the senate.
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 Tallulahs Vintage for Women; Emperor Claudius II, "Gothicus"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The reign of Emperor Claudius II was primarily spent at war.
Emperor Claudius II fought so soundly in the Balkans, he eliminated them as a threat for the next one hundred years.
Claudius did not die in battle, but of the plague, the same disease that claimed the lives of millions of Romans before him and would continue to devastate Europeans for over a thousand years after him.
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 Claudius II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Claudius II Claudius II Gothicus Roman Emperor A.D. Claudius Gothicus was a native of Illyricum and was the chief of staff in the emperor Gallienus' army.
Claudius II earned the title "Gothicus" after beating the Goths so soundly in a great battle in the Balkans that he eliminated them as a threat to the Roman Empire for the next 110 years.
The popular Claudius was one of the few emperors during this period to die a "natural" death.
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 Roman timeline from 268AD to 284AD
Although the most substantive source on Claudius is the biography in the Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA), this account is riddled with fabrications and slanted with fawning praise for this particular emperor, who in the 4th century was viewed as an ancestor of Constantine's father and thus of the ruling imperial family.
Victor goes on to claim that after succeeding to the purple Claudius forced the Senate to deify Gallienus.   The SHA account states that the soldiers mutinied after Gallienus's death and had to be quieted with a donative of twenty aurei each before settling down and accepting their new emperor.
Claudius II issued an unusual and scarce series of coins that features a pair of deities, who are presumably conservatores Augusti, on each reverse.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Claudius Gothicus and Censorinus
Aurelius Claudius, known to history as Claudius Gothicus or Claudius II, was born in either Dalmatia or Illyria on May 10, probably in A.D. 213 or 214.
There is some evidence that Claudius was wounded in Gallienus' campaign to put down the revolt of Ingenuus and that he later served with Aureolus under Gallienus in the war with Postumus.
Claudius II's short reign was vulnerable to internal as well as external attack.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 777 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The portrait of Claudius is given in each of the two cuts annexed : the second, which was struck by Cotys I., king of Thrace, contains also that of his wife Agrippina.
But hav­ing heard that Claudius was advancing at the head of a great army, they broke up the siege and has­tened to encounter him.
COIN OF Claudius was tall in stature, with a bright flash­ing eye, a broad full countenance, and possessed extraordinary muscular strength of arm.
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 Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 225
Her son, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, was adopted byAugustus and apparently intended to succeed the latter as emperor, butdied at the age of 19.
Claudius held no important public office until the age of 47,when he became consul during the reign of his nephew, Emperor Caligula.When the latter was assassinated in AD41, Claudius was proclaimed emperorby the Praetorian Guard, who found him hiding in the palace.
Claudius is depicted by ancienthistorians as being neglected, sickly, and ridiculed before coming topower; his character during his reign is described as ignorant andmalicious.
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 Search Results for "Claudius"
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 ipedia.com: Claudius II Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus, more often referred to as Claudius II, ruled the Roman Empire for less than two years, but during that brief time, he was so successful and beloved by the people of...
Claudius II Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus, 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.
Alas, Claudius didn't live long enough to fulfill his goal of reuniting all the lost territories of the empire.
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 Claudius II on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CLAUDIUS II [Claudius II] (Marcus Aurelius Claudius), d.
A successful general under Valerian, Claudius put down the revolt in which Gallienus was killed.
It's all a question of faith Derek Jacobi, famously generous and gentle, turns bullying tyrant for his new role as Philip II of Spain in 'Don Carlos'.
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Claudius the Cruel, as he was known at the time, was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues.
Claudius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars.
Claudius had ordered all Romans to worship state religion's idols, and he had made it a crime punishable by death to associate with Christians.
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 Quintillus
Marcus Aurelius Quintillus was the younger brother of Claudius II Gothicus.
He had been left in command of troops in northern Italy, while Claudius II was on campaign against the Goths in the Balkans, to prevent any invasion across the Alps by the Alemanni.
There are conflicting views as to whom Claudius II had intended as his successor.
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 Claudius II (A.D. 268-270)
Claudius II (A.D. Aurelius Claudius obtained imperial favor by his talents, and became one of the leading generals under Valerian and Gallienus.
On the assassination of the latter, in the plot against whom he is said to have taken part, he was immediately proclaimed emperor and then proceeded to inflict a crushing defeat on the Alamanni, who had invaded Raetia and penetrated into Italy.
In A.D. 269 he marched against a large army of Goths, and though the Roman army was hopelessly outnumbered, he won a brilliant victory over the invaders in a great battle fought at Naissus in Upper Moesia.
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 1.2.2.5.2 Claudius II
With a force seemingly hopelessly outnumbered, he next campaigned successfully against an immense army of Goths which had invaded the empire; the Gothic host was devastated by plague, which spread to the Roman army, and took Claudius' life at Sirmium in August 270.
For his victory Claudius was awarded the honorific "Gothicus Maximus," was deified, and became one of Rome's most revered heroes.
Claudius' younger brother was proclaimed emperor after his death, but after Aurelian was also acclaimed, Quintillus, no match for that general, took his own life in despair after reigning less than two months.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Claudius II
Claudius II, full name Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus (ad 214-270), Roman emperor (268-270), born in Illyria.
Tiberius (42 bc- ad 37), second emperor of Rome (ad 14-37), the elder son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla.
Shakespeare’s third period includes his greatest tragedies and his so-called dark or bitter comedies.
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 Valentine's Day
The Emperor at the time, Claudius II (or Claudius the Cruel), didn’t have enough soldiers so he outlawed marriages, engagements, and all associated ceremonies.
Claudius found out and tried to convert Valentine who in turn tried to convert Claudius.
It was said that while Valentine was imprisoned before Claudius had him beheaded, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer.
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 Stoa Image Gallery :: Claudius Gothicus and Quintillus, 268-270 A.D.
Claudius II, Gothicus, posthumous AE Antoninianus - probably official issue.
Claudius II, Gothicus, posthumous AE Antoninianus - probably barbarous.
Claudius II, Gothicus, posthumous AE Antoninianus - barbarous.
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 Claudius II. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He succeeded Gallienus and went to the East to resist the Goths who were overrunning the empire.
In 269, Claudius overwhelmed the Goths at Naissus (now Ni, Serbia and Montenegro).
He died of the plague the following year and was succeeded by Aurelian.
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 Claudius II
Claudius II Claudius II Claudius was apparently one of the principal conspirators who instigated a lethal mutiny against Gallienus during his siege against the usurper Aureolus.
Regardless, Claudius rose to power and quelled any discontent over Gallienus's fate by giving each soldier the princely sum of 20 Aurei and locating Aureolus who was promptly executed.
The controversial accession besides, Claudius proved a remarkably able battlefield commander and he earned the nickname Gothicus following the devastating blow he dealt to the Goths; accounts of which had the battle ending with some 50,000 barbarians of this tribe being killed.
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 Hamlet: Chapter One: The metaphysics of the play that support an evil ghost   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His lust for her in the scene implies that just as Gertrude whores herself with Claudius, he too is no less capable of the same with his (self-defined) whore, Ophelia since normal grief and sexual behavior in the context of a loving marriage seem impossible.
Claudius, however, speaks of "offense" indicating that, despite the interrogative, his suspicions are aroused.
Hamlet's 'bitter business' with Claudius fades to softness in terms of physical violence; but the verbal assault will be devastating: he will "speak daggers to her, but use none." Shakespeare accomplishes the transition by suggesting an explosive resolve mellowing to a privately felt need or obsession.
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 Guthrie Theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When he questions the ghost, he is told that Claudius killed the king by pouring poison in his ear while he slept.
Claudius, less certain of this explanation, asks Hamlet’s university friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to uncover the truth.
Hamlet stabs Claudius with the tainted weapon and forces him to drink the rest of the poisoned wine left in the cup.
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 eBay - claudius ii, Coins Ancient, Coins World items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS (268-270), ANTONINIAN (CU), RV: CO
Claudius II Æ Ant Annona with grain ears
Claudius II Æ Ant Aequitas with scales and cornucopia
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 Significance of Valentine's Day
In the third century, Roman Emperor Claudius II decided that his armies would be most effective if they were comprised of young, unmarried men who weren't tied down by wives or families.
To achieve this for his army, Claudius outlawed marriage for men at their fighting prime.
Long after Claudius II, a festival in honor of Lupercus, a fertility god, became increasing popular among adolescents.
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 Ancient Hoard of aMS and MS antoniniani
Claudius facing right, IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, FIDES MILIT reverse, with Concordia standing between two standards.
Claudius facing right, IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, IOVI STATORI reverse, with Jupiter standing, holding spear and a thunderbolt.
Claudius facing right, IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, PAX AVG reverse, with Pax advancing left, holding spear and a laurel wreath.
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 Roman Coins of Claudius
Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D. Claudius was one of the most capable, yet unlikely emperors.
Shunned as an idiot by his family due to a limp and embarrassing stutter, Claudius spent the first decades of his life absorbed in scholarly studies until the death of his nephew Caligula.
Judaea, Antoninus Felix, Roman Procurator under Claudius, 52 - 60 A.D. Minted by Antoninus Felix, Roman Procurator of Judaea, 52-60 A.D., in the names of Nero and Britannicus Caesars, the stepson and son respectively of the emperor Claudius.
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 Saint Valentine
Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him.
Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course.
And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!
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 Claudius II
Claudius II 'Gothicus' medal by Christian Wermuth, 1694-1715, Germany: Saxe-Gotha
361 a note that "(Claudius) conspired with at least three other commanders (one of whom was the future emperor, Aurelian) to murder Gallienus in September of 268." If this is true, Gallienus would not have 'appointed' Claudius emperor while dying and it would not have happened in March of 268.
It is possible Wermuth was taking his information from Claudius' life in the Historia Augusta, a resource which attempts to "smooth over" some of the details as to how the emperors were elevated to give a person an impression there was clear, planned and consistent rule of the empire.
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