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Claudius
Claudius
Claudius , was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul and was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy...

, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, previously Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was the fourth Roman Emperor reigning from January 24, 41 to his death in 54.

Claudius may also refer to:
  • any member of the family of Claudii; see Claudia (gens)
  • Claudius Gothicus, also known as Marcus Aurelius Claudius or Claudius II, a Roman Emperor who reigned from 268 to August 270 during the crisis of the third century
  • Claudius Smith
    Claudius Smith
    Claudius Smith was a notorious Loyalist guerrilla leader during the American Revolution. He led a band of irregulars who were known locally as the 'cowboys'....

     (1736–1779), a notorious British Loyalist guerrilla leader in the American Revolution
  • Gelawdewos of Ethiopia
    Gelawdewos of Ethiopia
    Gelawdewos was Emperor Gelawdewos (Ge'ez ገላውዴዎስ galāwdēwōs, modern gelāwdēwōs, "Claudius"; 1521/1522 - March 23, 1559) was Emperor Gelawdewos (Ge'ez ገላውዴዎስ galāwdēwōs, modern gelāwdēwōs, "Claudius"; 1521/1522 - March 23, 1559) was Emperor (throne name Asnaf Sagad I (Ge'ez አጽናፍ ሰገድ aṣnāf sagad,...

    , known as Claudius in English, mid-16th century Emperor of Ethiopia
  • King Claudius
    King Claudius
    King Claudius is a character and the antagonist from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle to Hamlet. He obtained the throne of Denmark by murdering his own brother with poison and then marrying the late king's widow...

    , Hamlet's uncle in Shakespeare's play Hamlet
  • Matthias Claudius
    Matthias Claudius
    Matthias Claudius was a German poet, otherwise known by the penname of “Asmus”.-Life:Claudius was born at Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena...

    , German poet, famous for Death and the Maiden
  • Saint Claudius (disambiguation), the name of several Christian saints

  • Claudius, a genus of mud turtles
    Kinosternidae
    Kinosternidae is a family of mostly small turtles that includes the mud turtles and musk turtles. The family Kinosternidae contains 25 species within 4 genera, but taxonomic reclassification is an ongoing process so many sources vary on the exact numbers of species and subspecies...


See also

  • I, Claudius (TV series)
    I, Claudius (TV series)
    I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves' I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Written by Jack Pulman, it proved one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time...

  • List of Roman Emperors, as several Emperors had "Claudius" in their full name
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