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Definition of: Claudius
(klô′dē·əs; Dan., Du., Ger., Sw. klou′·dē·
s)
A masculine personal name. Also Ital., Sp. Clau·di·o (Ital. klou′dē·ō, Sp. -thē·ō). [<L, lame]
—Claudius
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, king of Denmark, Hamlet's stepfather and uncle.
—Claudius, Appius,
Roman decemvir. See APPIUS.
—Claudius I,
10 B.C.–A.D. 54, Tiberius Claudius Drusus, Roman emperor 41–54; successor to Caligula.
—Claudius II,
214–270, Marcus Aurelius Claudius, Roman emperor 268–270.
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