Claudius

Family: Roman Empire · Role: emperor · First appears: Book I · Chap. III

Life events

• Claudius brought most of Britain under Roman control without fighting.(Book I · Chap. III · 📍 Britain)
  • “Claudius crossed over to it, and within a very few days, without any fighting or bloodshed, the greater part of the island was surrendered into his hands.”
• Claudius added the Orcades to the Roman empire.(Book I · Chap. III · 📍 Orcades)
  • “He also added to the Roman empire the Orcades, which lie in the ocean beyond Britain”

Book I · Chap. III

• with Vespasian (Claudius sent Vespasian to conduct a military expedition.) “Vespasian, who was emperor after Nero, being sent into Britain by the same Claudius, brought also under the Roman dominion the Isle of Wight”
• liege: Vespasian (Claudius sent Vespasian to conduct the British campaign.) “Vespasian, who was emperor after Nero, being sent into Britain by the same Claudius, brought also under the Roman dominion the Isle of Wight”

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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.