Claudius Flashcards
(9 cards)
Suetonius -Ascension
“An extraordinary accident”
Suetonius - Claudius buying loyalty of PG
“Promised every [Praetorian Guard] 15,000 sesterces”
Aureus of Claudius (41-42 AD)
Shows him being received by the PG rather than proclaiming him
- commemorates Claudius’ loyalty towards them
Dio - religion and accepting titles
“He immediately accepted all the honours voted to him…”
Josephus - power declining within Senators
“the senators longed for a return to their former status…”
Pliny the Elder - Administration
“Doubled Rome’s water supply”
Dio - abolishing Treason trials
“abolished trial of Maiestas”
Suetonius - his wives and freedmen
“Claudius fell so deeply under the influence of the freedmen and his wives that he seemed to be their servant”
Suetonius - Britain
“he made but one campaign, but that of little importance”
“Celebrated a triumph of great splendour”
