Claudius

Also known as: Claudius Caesar · Family: Roman imperial household · Role: priest · First appears: Annals I (15)

In Annals I (15), Claudius was added to the society alongside Tiberius, Drusus, and Germanicus. By Annals III (1), he was identified as Germanicus’s brother and appeared with Drusus and the children of Germanicus who had remained at Rome; the account also presents him as an uncle detained at the palace with Tiberius and Livia.

In Histories I, Scribonianus’s rising against Claudius was quickly crushed, while Magnus was among those executed by him. In Histories III, Cartimandua’s betrayal of Caratacus supplied Claudius with material for his triumph, and Vespasian served under him in Britain; “The deified Claudius accomplished the undertaking” by transporting legions and auxiliary forces there and associating Vespasian with the invasion. In Claudius’ reign, Judaea was made a province governed by Roman knights or freedmen. He was also connected by elder kinship to Mark Antony, who was described as his grandfather.

Relationship record

Life events

• Scribonianus' rising against Claudius was crushed.(Histories I.89-90)
  • With: Scribonianus
  • “Scribonianus' rising against Claudius was no sooner heard of than crushed.”
• Cartimandua betrayed Caratacus to the Romans, providing Claudius with material for his triumph.(Histories III.44-48 · 📍 Britain)
  • With: Cartimandua Caratacus
  • “Her authority had lately increased, since she had betrayed King Caratacus into the hands of the Romans, and was thus considered to have provided Claudius Caesar with material for his triumph.”
• Claudius made Judaea a province governed by Roman knights or freedmen.(Histories V.8-11 · 📍 Judaea)
  • “The emperor therefore made Judaea a province to be governed by Roman knights or freedmen.”
• Claudius transported legions to Britain and associated Vespasian with directing the invasion.(Agricola (4) · 📍 Britain)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “The deified Claudius accomplished the undertaking; having thither transported the legions, with a number of auxiliary forces, and associated Vespasian into the direction of the design: an incident which proved the introduction to his approaching fortune.”

Annals I (15)

• with Tiberius (They were fellow members of the newly established priestly society.) “To fill the society, one-and-twenty, the most considerable Romans were drawn by lot, and to them added Tiberius, Drusus, Claudius, and Germanicus.”
• with Drusus (Tiberius's son) (They were fellow members of the newly established priestly society.) “To fill the society, one-and-twenty, the most considerable Romans were drawn by lot, and to them added Tiberius, Drusus, Claudius, and Germanicus.”
• with Germanicus (They were fellow members of the newly established priestly society.) “To fill the society, one-and-twenty, the most considerable Romans were drawn by lot, and to them added Tiberius, Drusus, Claudius, and Germanicus.”

Annals III (1)

• siblings with Germanicus “Drusus came as far as Terracina, with Claudius the brother of Germanicus, and those of his children who had been left at Rome.”
• younger kin: Germanicus “I would rather believe her constrained by Tiberius and Livia, who left not the palace; and affecting equal affliction with her, would have it seem that, by the example of the mother, the grandmother too and uncle were detained.”

Histories I.46-49

• enemies with Magnus “His brothers had been executed, Magnus by Claudius, Crassus by Nero.”

Histories I.89-90

• enemies with Scribonianus “Scribonianus' rising against Claudius was no sooner heard of than crushed.”

Histories III.44-48

• servant: Vespasian “With the capture of Valens the tide had now fully turned in favour of Vespasian. The movement had been begun in Spain by the First legion Adjutrix, whose reverence for Otho's memory made them hate Vitellius. They carried the Tenth and the Sixth with them. The provinces of Gaul soon followed suit. Britain was bound to his cause by the favour felt for one who had been sent there by Claudius in command of the Second legion, and had fought with great distinction in the war.”

Histories V.8-11

• elder kin: Mark Antony “He had married Drusilla, a granddaughter of Antony and Cleopatra, so that he was Antony's grandson-in-law, while Claudius was Antony's grandson.”

Agricola (4)

• servant: Vespasian “The deified Claudius accomplished the undertaking; having thither transported the legions, with a number of auxiliary forces, and associated Vespasian into the direction of the design: an incident which proved the introduction to his approaching fortune.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.