8 окт. 2021 г. · Improved infrastructure, conquered britain, was one of the most intelligent emperors (being a trained lawyer and historian) and recovered the ...

22 мая 2022 г. · Pretty good emperor from what we know. Probably somewhat gullible though likely not to the extent the hostile sources make him out to be.

19 мар. 2023 г. · I'd rate him 4, or 4.5, out of 5. Better ruler than Tiberius, but not than Augustus. Second best of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

15 июн. 2021 г. · Claudius turned out to be one of the best emperors, sandwiched right between the tenures of Caligula and Nero. He made sure to surround ...

28 февр. 2014 г. · I guess Claudius is my favourite emperor due to my reading of "I, Claudius", and Robert Graves bringing him to life, going beyond the bad press he gets.

25 янв. 2021 г. · One of Claudius' many faults was his honesty, and Rome was not the place to write honestly about those in power. His family quickly put a stop ...

21 апр. 2023 г. · That being said, he was a very competent general before his reign, he was effective against the Alamani, and he did manage to reincorporate ...

2 дек. 2021 г. · On the whole a good emperor who chose the wrong wives. Certainly better than his predecessor Caligula or successor Nero.

11 дек. 2020 г. · He is almost universally adored by the ancient sources, so much so that Constantine later had a genealogical fabrication made up to connect his own family with ...

27 дек. 2021 г. · Claudius wasn't an idiot at all, his mind was razor sharp and he was a very educated man - he read and wrote a lot, mostly about history.