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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8014480, member: 115909&quot;]To be fair Claudius was a much better Emperor and a much smarter person than he is given credit for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently Caligula only kept him around as a laughing stock and because he thought Claudius was simple minded but from what I’ve read this was likely Claudius putting on an act specifically so Caligula didn’t see him as a threat.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when you look at the reign of Claudius he survived and ruled for a lot longer than many of Rome’s emperors. Which means he had to be pretty savvy to be able to keep both the Senate &amp; Roman Army &amp; Praetorian Guard all happy enough with him that they didn’t continuously plot his assassination.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say Claudius was at least as good of Emperor as Antoninus Pius.</p><p><br /></p><p>But imagine how much he could’ve accomplished if he had inherited Tiberius’ fortune of 625 million denarii if he was able to do very well even without it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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