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Message:: [QUOTE="Drusus, post: 421847, member: 6370"]Claudius was Caligula's uncle. He was never supposed to be emperor. Claudius was the son of Drusus who was the son of Livia which makes him Livias (wife to Augustus) grandson (not Augustus as Drusus was her son from another marriage) Claudius passed the empire to his son Britannicus and his Step son Nero who was the son of Agrippina the Younger, and his forth wife (also sister to Caligula thus his niece). Britannicus was his natural son with his 3rd wife, the disgraced Valeria Messalina. His will for his son to rule with Nero was suppressed and Nero took full power, Britannicus was dead not long after. Claudius II has nothing to do with the Julio-Claudians or the first Claudius and is in no way related. He is from an obscure background (like many of the time) and he ruled about 200 years later well after the principate and well into the age of Military rulers. He is a relatively unknown character, career military, served under Gallianus. He ruled for 2 years until he died of the plague and Aurelian (another general) and his brother Quintillus fought for power, Aurelian won.[/QUOTE]