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Clau⋅di⋅us

  [klaw-dee-uhs]
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Ap⋅pi⋅us [ap-ee-uhs] , (Appius Claudius Crassus), Roman decemvir and consul, 5th cent. b.c.

Clau⋅di⋅us I

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10 b.c.–a.d. 54, Roman emperor a.d. 41–54.

Claudius II

 
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(“Gothicus”) a.d. 214–270, Roman emperor 268–270.
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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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Word Origin & History

Claudius 
name of two Roman gentes, related to claudus "lame," of unknown origin.
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Claudius

lame. (1.) The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula (A.D. 41). Though in general he treated the Jews, especially those in Asia and Egypt, with great indulgence, yet about the middle of his reign (A.D. 49) he banished them all from Rome (Acts 18:2). In this edict the Christians were included, as being, as was supposed, a sect of Jews. The Jews, however soon again returned to Rome. During the reign of this emperor, several persecutions of the Christians by the Jews took place in the dominions of Herod Agrippa, in one of which the apostle James was "killed" (12:2). He died A.D. 54. (2.) Claudius Lysias, a Greek who, having obtained by purchase the privilege of Roman citizenship, took the name of Claudius (Acts 21:31-40; 22:28; 23:26).

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