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CLAUDIUS (Claudius).
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to AD 4,
then Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus until his accession was the fourth Roman Emperor
and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Was born on 1 August 10 BC, died 13 October AD 54.
Roman emperor from 24 January 41 to 13 October 54.
Born in Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-day Lyon, France) to Drusus and Antonia Minor, he was the first Roman emperor to be born outside Italia.
Nephew of Tiberius, Claudius became emperor unexpectedly after Caligula was murdered. Sickly, clumsy, unattractive, and scholarly, he wrote several histories, none of which survive. He was ruthless toward individual senators and the equites and tended to disfavour the upper classes but catered to the freedmen.
The invasion of Britain in 43 was part of his general expansion of frontiers; he also annexed Mauretania in northern Africa, Lycia in Asia Minor, and Thrace, and he made Judaea a province. He encouraged urbanization, spent lavishly on public works, and extended Roman citizenship throughout the empire. Having executed his scheming third wife, Valeria Messalina, in 48, he married his niece Agrippina the Younger. She pressured Claudius into naming her son Lucius (later Nero) heir instead of his own son Britannicus. Claudius may have been poisoned by Agrippina.
During her reign the coins were struck in Rome, Lugdunum, Ephesus, Caesarea, Spain, Balearic Islands, Britannia Romana.

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Denomination: Dupondius Year: – Material: Bronze Description: 41 – 54 A.D. Obverse: Bust of emperor right, semicircular inscription. Реверс: Letters SC in laurel wreath. Diameter – 26 mm., weight – 13.70 g. Minted in Rome. Rome Country or town:

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