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Individual:
Claudius I. Full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10
B.C.-54 A.D. Emperor (41-54 A.D.). Second son of Drusus (Nero Claudius
Drusus), nephew of Tiberius, and stepgrandson of Augustus; neglected by
Augustus and Tiberius. Proclaimed emperor by soldiers on death of
Caligula. Married four times; third wife, at the time of his accession,
Valeria Messalina; fourth wife (m. 49 A.D.), his niece Agrippina ( q.v.
), prevailed upon him to set aside his own son Britannicus and adopt her
son Nero as heir. Carried on wars in Britain, Germany, Syria, and
Mauretania; made the last a province (42 A.D.); also annexed Lycia (43),
Thrace (46); founded city of Cologne (orig. Colonia Agrippinensis, 51);
built Ostia harbor at mouth of Tiber, and the Claudian aqueduct. Poisoned
by Agrippina.
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