claudius

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claudius - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Claudius
      n 1: Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered;
           consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern
           Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after
           her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54)
           [syn: Claudius, Claudius I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
           ]

claudius - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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).