Claudius Quotes


Acquaintance lessens fame.


Citations

Claudianus, Claudius. Claudian, Volume I. Translated by Maurice Platnauer, Harvard University Press, 1922, p. 125.

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Claudius
Claudius
  • Born:
  • Died: October 13, 2054
  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Leader

Claudius was Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54. Born to Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor at Lugdunum in Roman Gaul, where his father was stationed as a military legate, he was the first Roman emperor to be born outside Italy. Nonetheless, Claudius was an Italic of Sabine origins and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Because he was afflicted with a limp and slight deafness due to sickness at a young age, his family ostracized him and excluded him from public office until his consulship, shared with his nephew Caligula in 37.