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The gens Claudia was one of the oldest families in ancient Rome, and for centuries its members were regularly leaders of the city and empire. In Ancient Rome, a gens (pl gentes) was a Clan, Caste, or group of Families, that shared a common name (the Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

The family was traditionally held to have begun with Attius Clausus, a Sabine who favored peace with Rome [1]. The Sabines ( Latin Sabini, Singular Sabinus) were an Italic tribe that lived in ancient Italy, inhabiting This was an unpopular position that led to him leaving Regillus with his followers around 504 BC. Regillus was an ancient lake of Latium, Italy, famous in the legendary History of Rome as the lake in the neighborhood of which occurred (496 B Rome was welcoming however, making his followers citizens and giving them land, and making Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis, as he was called in Latin, a senator. Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis (c 500 BC) was the semi-legendary founder of the Claudii. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The Roman Senate was a political institution in Ancient Rome. It is assumed that the name came from the Latin claudeo (to limp), as many of the family members were lame, probably from some congenital disorder. A congenital disorder is a disease or disorder that is present at birth

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Branches of the gens Claudia in the Early Republic

The following branches were descended from the first ancestor or founder Appius Claudius Sabinus. Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis (c 500 BC) was the semi-legendary founder of the Claudii.

Branches of the gens Claudia in the Middle Republic

The following branches were descended from the censor Appius Claudius Caecus. Appius Claudius Caecus ("the blind" ca 340 BCE - 273 BCE) was a Roman politician from a wealthy Patrician family


Branches of the gens Claudia in the Late Republic

There were several major branches of the Claudian gens at the end of the Republic.

Notable members of the gens Claudia

Note: Consuls of 51 and 49 BC were brothers and first cousins to the consul of 50 BC. Events By place Roman Republic Roman colonies are established at Mutina (later Modena) Pisa and Parma Gaius Claudius Pulcher (d 167 BC Consul in 177 BC was the son of Appius Claudius Pulcher consul in 212 BC and he was the father of Gaius Claudius Pulcher Events By place Greece Perseus of Macedonia marries Laodice the daughter of the Seleucid king Seleucus IV. Appius Claudius Pulcher ( Latin: APP•CLAVDIVS•APP•F•APP•N•PVLCHER was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC. Gaius Claudius Pulcher was a Roman Republic Consul in 92 BC, together with Marcus Perperna. Year 92 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Gaius Claudius Pulcher and Appius Claudius Pulcher was the name of several members of the Claudii during the Roman Republic: Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul of Year 77 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, consul and leader of Year 79 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Lucius Cornelius Sulla renounces his dictatorship Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Roman Annalist, living probably in the first century BC wrote a history in at least twenty-three books which began with the conquest of Publius Clodius Pulcher (born around 92 BC died January 18, 52 BC was a Roman Politician of the Populares  cause chiefly remembered for his Year 58 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus Appius Claudius Pulcher was the name of several members of the Claudii during the Roman Republic: Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul of Year 54 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher and Year 51 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Marcus Claudius Marcellus Gaius Claudius Marcellus was the name of several men in ancient Rome Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus was the name of several men in ancient Rome Year 49 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus

Note: Claudians after the death of Nero were most likely descended from freedmen of the Claudians, or men granted citizenship by Claudians.

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  1. ^ Tacitus, Annals XI. Events By Place Roman Empire July — Rival Emperors Carinus and Diocletian face each other in the Battle of the Margus Flavius Claudius Constantinus, known in English as Constantine II, (316 – 340 was Roman Emperor from 337 to 340 Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian or Julian the Apostate (331 or 332 to 26 June 363) was Roman Emperor (Caesar Events By Place Roman Empire Julian gathers an army of 60000 men a fleet of fifty warships and a thousand transport boats Events By Place Roman Empire The fortified cities of the Danube, with Sirmium at the forefront contribute to stop an invasion Events By Place Roman Empire October 3 — Theodosius I commands his general Saturninus to conclude a peace treaty with the Claudian (lat Claudius Claudianus) was a court Poet to the Emperor Honorius and Stilicho. Constantine III (died 411 by September 18) was a Roman general who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in 407 abdicating in 411 (and being killed Events By Place Europe Theodoric the Great becomes king of the Ostrogoths. The Julio-Claudian Dynasty refers to the first five Roman Emperors: Augustus (Octavian Tiberius, Caligula (Gaius Claudius, and 23
  2. ^ This was allegedly meant ironically, as were some other Roman cognomina; the first Claudius Pulcher and most of his descendants were far from good-looking.
  3. ^ This was allegedly meant ironically, as were some other Roman cognomina; the first Claudius Pulcher and most of his descendants were far from good-looking.
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