Claudian

Claudian is read with pleasure in every country which has retained, or acquired, the knowledge of the Latin language.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Claudian is not prepared for the strict examination of our antiquaries.] 90 — Germinasque viator

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Whilst Obama has every appearance of a King Stork in most everything ... in the matter of Space, IMHO he is playing a Claudian role watching: as the various factions in space advocacy batter themselves into a consensus; as the new hardware proves its worth, or worthlessness and as a headless NASA reveals its true nature.

Obama Speaks of NASA Being Adrift - NASA Watch 2009

As far as expansion under the Empire goes, Njorl is right that most of the expansion under the Julio-Claudian Emperors was basically just the annexation of client kingdoms when their dynasties died out – e.g. Egypt, Galatia, Cappadocia, Mauretania.

Matthew Yglesias » What Would The Roman Empire Do? 2009

This made it all the more essential to exploit his connections to the Claudian half of the dynasty, headed up by his paternal grandmother, Livia.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

Some of the aristocracy in south-east Britain were on friendly terms with the Romans before and during the Claudian invasion, so the kings who sent the ships back may have been among those.

Locations: Kinder Scout, Derbyshire Carla 2010

See Cartledge and Spawforth 1989, 94 on Claudian connections in region.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

Beowulf, fist we should say that describing Claudian era Christianity as Orthodox might be a little anachronistic, proto-Orthodox might be a better term.

Tacitus on Mythicism James F. McGrath 2010

But Octavian began to make peace overtures to Sextus Pompeius, and Livia and Tiberius Nero had to go on to Greece, where Sparta seems to have afforded the émigré couple a warm welcome at least, thanks probably to the doors opened by the Claudian family name, which had vested interests in the region.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

They showed a woman with the strong facial features that often characterized portraits of her Claudian relatives, including a slight overbite and heavy jaw, an orthodontic contour that might be connected with a rumor that she had an extra canine tooth on the right side of her mouth, thought to be a sign of good luck.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010