Claudius was Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54. Born to Drusus and Antonia Minor at Lugdunum in Roman Gaul, where his father was stationed as a military legate, he was the first Roman emperor to be born outside Italy. Nonetheless, Claudius was an Italic of Sabine origins and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Figure: one of The Twelve Caesars, Italian (Roman) School and British (English) School, c. 1750-1847, marble and sandstone; origin Lypiatt Park, Gloucestershire.
