Agrippina's paternal uncle, Claudius, brother of her father Germanicus, became the new Roman Emperor.

Around this time, Agrippina became the mistress to one of Claudius ’ advisers, the former Greek Freedman Marcus Antonius Pallas.

On the day that Agrippina married her uncle Claudius as her third husband / his fourth wife, she became an Empress and the most powerful woman in the Roman Empire.

Lucius ’ name was changed to Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus and he became Claudius ’ s adopted son, heir and recognised successor.

When Claudius ' disability became evident, the relationship with his family turned sour.

According to Cassius Dio Claudius became very sickly and thin by the end of Caligula's reign, most likely due to stress.

Arnaldo Momigliano states that during the reign of Tiberius — which covers the peak of Claudius ' literary career — it became impolitic to speak of republican Rome.

Many of Claudius ' less solid supporters quickly became Nero's men.

However, as the Flavians became established, they needed to emphasize their own credentials more, and their references to Claudius ceased.

In the 2nd century, Pertinax, who shared his birthday, became Emperor, overshadowing commemoration of Claudius.

In the novel I, Claudius by English writer Robert Graves, Caligula is presented as being a murderous sociopath from his childhood, who became clinically insane early in his reign.

Later, he became a legendary figure and the model of a tough, courageous Roman, and was bestowed the honorific title, " The Shield of Rome " ( similar to Marcus Claudius Marcellus being named the " Sword of Rome ").

Claudius ( played by Kyle MacLachlan ) became the CEO of " Denmark Corporation ", having taken over the company by killing his brother.

Claudius, Caligula's uncle, became emperor by the instigation of the Praetorian Guards.

Claudius died on 13 October 54 AD, and Nero became emperor.

In 312 BC, Appius Claudius Caecus became censor at Rome.

It is no surprise that, after his term as censor, Appius Claudius became consul twice, subsequently held other offices, and was a respected consultant to the state even during his later years.

The psychological impact of this victory was so strong that Claudius became known to posterity as Claudius II Gothicus (" conqueror of the Goths ").

Upon marrying Claudius, Messalina became a stepmother to Claudia Antonia, Claudius's daughter through his second marriage to Aelia Paetina.

Claudius Nero became a partisan of the Second Triumvirate after he abandoned Sextus Pompey.

When Claudius became emperor after his nephew ’ s assassination in 41 AD, he gave his mother the title of Augusta.

In his later days, perhaps through the influence of Klopstock, with whom he had formed an intimate acquaintance, Claudius became strongly pietistic, and the graver side of his nature showed itself.

* 10 BC – Claudius, Roman emperor ( d. 54 )

Livia was the first Roman Empress and was Augustus ’ third wife ( from Livia ’ s first marriage to praetor Tiberius Nero, she had two sons: the emperor Tiberius and the general Nero Claudius Drusus.

Pallas stated to the emperor that as Lucius was the grandson to Claudius's late brother Germanicus, by marrying Agrippina, Claudius would ally the two branches of the Claudian house and imperial family.

The Celtic King Caratacus assumed that she, along with Claudius, was the martial leader and bowed before her throne with the same homage and gratitude as he accorded the emperor.

Agrippina and Claudius betrothed Nero to Octavia, and Agrippina arranged to have Seneca the Younger return from exile to tutor the future emperor.

The ancient sources say she poisoned Claudius on October 13, 54 with a plate of deadly mushrooms at a banquet, thus enabling Nero to quickly take the throne as emperor.

Suggesting her marriage to Claudius was to a weak emperor who was, because of his hesitations and terrors, a threat to the imperial authority and government.

* Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus ( consul 16 BC ), only child of the above Gnaeus Domitius and Aemilia Lepida, paternal grandfather of the Emperor Nero, maternal grandfather of Valeria Messalina ( third wife of the emperor Claudius )

He returned to Italy with Ursicinus, when he was recalled by Constantius, and accompanied him on the expedition against Claudius Silvanus, who had been forced by the allegedly unjust accusations of his enemies into proclaiming himself emperor in Gaul.

The Aedui were the first of the Gauls to receive from the emperor Claudius the distinction of jus honorum.

Driven off by Roman forces, the coalition host moved overland into Thracia, where finally it was crushed by emperor Claudius II ( r. 268-70 ) at Naissus ( 269 ).

The Roman veterans who had been settled there mistreated the locals and a temple to the former emperor Claudius had been erected there at local expense, making the city a focus for resentment.

Gratus proclaims Claudius emperor.

After the death of Tiberius the new emperor Caligula ( the son of Claudius ' brother Germanicus ) recognized Claudius to be of some use.

Claudius was hardly the first emperor to use freedmen to help with the day-to-day running of the Empire.

The conspirators ' attempt to use the opportunity to restore the Roman Republic was thwarted: on the same day the Praetorian Guard declared Caligula's uncle Claudius emperor in his place.

Gaius was nephew to Claudius ( the future emperor ).

The last person known to have been able to read Etruscan was the Roman emperor Claudius ( 10 BC – AD 54 ), the author of a treatise in twenty volumes on the Etruscans, Tyrrenikà ( now lost ), who compiled a dictionary ( also lost ) by interviewing the last few elderly rustics who still spoke the language.

After Gallienus was assassinated outside Milan in the summer of 268 in a plot led by high officers in his army, Claudius was proclaimed emperor and headed to Rome to establish his rule.

While at Athens, he developed a close friendship with his fellow student Basil of Caesarea and also made the acquaintance of Flavius Claudius Julianus, who would later become the emperor known as Julian the Apostate.

After becoming emperor, Claudius added the cognomen Caesar to his full name.