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Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; ; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54), or Claudius, was a Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to 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.

Antonia Minor
youngest daughter of Octavia Minor and Mark Antony
Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant
Latin hail
Aqua Claudia
Roman aqueduct
Via Claudia Augusta
roman road
Anio Novus
Roman aqueduct

Camulodunum
Camulodunum ( ; ), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important castrum and city in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province. A temporary "strapline" in the 1960s identifying it as the "oldest recorded town in Britain" has become popular with residents and is still used on heritage roadsigns on trunk road approaches. Originally the site of the Brythonic-Celtic oppidum of Camulodunon (meaning "stronghold of Camulos"), capital of the Trinovantes and later the Catuvellauni tribes, it was first mentioned by name on coinage minted by the chieftain Tasciov
Tiberius Claudius Narcissus
Roman freedman and influential member of Claudius' imperial court
Esquiline Venus
Roman nude marble sculpture at Capitoline Museums
Claudian letters
three new letters of the Latin alphabet introduced by Roman Emperor Claudius
Lyon Tablet
bronze tablet with part of a speech by Roman emperor Claudius
Temple of Claudius
large ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy

Arch of Claudius
triumphal arch
Via Claudia Nova
Roman road
Tunnels of Claudius
hydraulic work and archaeological site
Cohors II Delmatarum
Roman auxiliary cohort based in Britannia
Temple of Claudius in Colchester
Roman temple dedicated to deified Claudius in Colchester, United Kingdom