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28 Best Novels About the Reign of Claudius
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Phase
Reign of Claudius
41–54 CE
Claudius was proclaimed by the Praetorian Guard after Caligula's assassination. His government increased the use of imperial secretaries, extended citizenship and admitted provincial elites to public office.
The invasion of Britain began in AD 43 and established a new province. Court politics were shaped by Claudius's marriages to Messalina and Agrippina the Younger and by competition between Britannicus and Nero.
Claudius the God presents the emperor as a capable but compromised ruler whose republican ideals are gradually defeated by power, dependence on courtiers and failures within his household.
Related people for Reign of Claudius
Agrippina the Younger15–59 Augustus64 BCE–14 Aulus Plautius6 BCE–57 Boudica30–61 Britannicus41–55 Caligula12–41 Caratacus15–54 Claudia Acte40–c. 1st century Claudia Octavia40–62 Claudius11 BCE–54 Cunobelinec. 2nd century BCE–43 Germanicus16 BCE–19 Livia60 BCE–29 Messalina20–48 Nero37–68 Sejanus21 BCE–31 Senecac. 0s BCE–65 Sextus Afranius Burrus1–62 Tiberius43 BCE–37 Vespasian9–79
