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Key Sources - Claudius Flashcards

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Life of Claudius
Date

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c. 120-25AD

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Life of Claudius
Author

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Suetonius

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Life of Claudius
Genre

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Biography

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Life of Claudius
Significance - Claudius

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Characterised by anecdotal stories and gossip, nevertheless it is a compelling source on popular attitudes

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Life of Claudius
Prescribed sections - Claudius

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10-14
17-18
20-22
25
29
36
44-45

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History of Rome
Author

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Dio Cassius

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History of Rome
Date

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Third century AD

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History of Rome
Genre

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History

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History of Rome
Significance - Claudius

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A detailed, secondary account of Claudius’ reign, part of which survives only in the summaries provided by Xiphilinus and Zonaras

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History of Rome
Prescribed sections - Claudius

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60.3.1.7
6.1-7.4
14.1-16.4
17.8-18.4

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Jewish Antiquities
Author

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Josephus

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Jewish Antiquities
Date

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c. 94AD

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Jewish Antiquities
Genre

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History

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Jewish Antiquities
Significance - Claudius

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Earliest surviving testimony to the events described, which also used at least one contemporary record, most likely the account of Marcus Cluvius Rufus

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Jewish Antiquities
Prescribed sources - Claudius

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19.158-164
19.201-211
19.227-236
19.254-262
20.148
20.151-152

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Aureus of Claudius
Date

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41-45AD

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Aureus of Claudius
Obverse

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Laureate head of Claudius
‘Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, pontifex maximus, with tribunicial power’

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Aureus of Claudius
Reverse

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Claudius wearing a toga, clasping the hand of a long haired soldier with shield and legionary eagle
‘With the praetorians having been received’

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Aureus of Claudius
Significance - Claudius

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Claudius’ relationship with the soldiers is stressed, reinforcing the basis for his power

20
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Annals
Author

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Tacitus

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Annals
Date

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Early second century AD

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Annals
Genre

A

History

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Annals
Significance - Claudius

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Fullest account of this latter period of Claudius’ reign. However, we need to be aware of Tacitus’ own bias as a late-first-century AD senator with decidedly republican sentiments

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Annals
Prescribed sections - Claudius

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11.24
12.25-26
12.41
12.65-59

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Letter of Claudius to the Alexandrians
Author

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Claudius

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Letter of Claudius to the Alexandrians
Date

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41AD

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Letter of Claudius to the Alexandrians
Significance

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Claudius rejects the notion that he should be worshipped as a god, marking a deliberate break with the policy of Gaius

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