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Clau⋅di⋅us

[klaw-dee-uhs]
–noun
Ap⋅pi⋅us [ap-ee-uhs] , (Appius Claudius Crassus), Roman decemvir and consul, 5th cent. b.c.
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Claudius 1, Appius In full Appius Claudius Crassus. fl. fifth century B.C.  
Roman decemvir (451-449) whose actions provoked a plebian revolt and the overthrow of the decemvirs.
Claudius 2, Appius In full Appius Claudius Caecus. fl. fourth-third century B.C.  
Roman censor and consul who built the first Roman aqueduct and began construction of the Appian Way.
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Claudius 
name of two Roman gentes, related to claudus "lame," of unknown origin.
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