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Claudius

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Claudius 1, Appius In full Appius Claudius Crassus. fl. fifth century b.c.
Roman decemvir (451-449) whose actions provoked a plebian revolt and the overthrow of the decemvirs.
Claudius 2, Appius In full Appius Claudius Caecus. fl. fourth-third century b.c.
Roman censor and consul who built the first Roman aqueduct and began construction of the Appian Way.
Claudius [ˈklɔːdɪəs]
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(Biographies / Claudius (10 bc-54 ad) M, Roman, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc-54 ad, Roman emperor (41-54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
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Noun1.ClaudiusClaudius - Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54)
Claudius I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
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Claudius [ˈklɔːdɪəs] N → Claudio


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Claudius had seduced Gertrude, and a few weeks before the play opens murdered King Hamlet in the way revealed in Act I.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Claudius Caesar hath set me here Rome's Deputy to be.
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You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius, the half partner of the empire of Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver; whereof the former was indeed a voluptuous man, and inordinate; but the latter was an austere and wise man: and therefore it seems (though rarely) that love can find entrance, not only into an open heart, but also into a heart well fortified, if watch be not well kept.
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