Gold medallion (worth 8 aurei) depicting Claudius Gothicus. Legend: imp c m aurl claudius p f aug
Roman emperor
Reign
268–270
Predecessor
Gallienus
Successor
Quintillus
Born
10 May 214
Died
c. August (?) 270 (aged 55) unknown
Names
Marcus Aurelius Claudius
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Augustus[1]
Dynasty
Gordian?
Father
Unknown, possibly Gordian II
Mother
Unknown
Marcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus" (10 May 214 – August/September 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. During his reign he fought successfully against the Alemanni and decisively defeated the Goths at the Battle of Naissus. He died after succumbing to a "pestilence", possibly the Plague of Cyprian that had ravaged the provinces of the Empire.
Marcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus" (10 May 214 – August/September 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. During his reign...
Aurelius Claudius Quintillus (died 270) was a short-lived Roman emperor. He was a brother of Emperor ClaudiusGothicus, whom he succeeded after Claudius' death...
Claudius Nero, and that he added Germanicus only in AD 4. Sometimes referred to as Claudius I, in reference to the later emperor ClaudiusGothicus (Claudius...
Gallienus' assassination in 268. Following that, ClaudiusGothicus became emperor until his own death in 270. Claudius' brother Quintillus then ruled for three...
descent of the Constantinian dynasty from Claudius, and this may explain its accounts, which do not involve Claudius in the murder. The other sources (Zosimus...
ISBN 978-0-19-154149-0. Tacitus, IV.37–38, IV.55–56. "I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius – Robert Graves". Booktalk.org. Archived from the...
Nero turned eleven, his mother married Emperor Claudius, who then adopted Nero as his heir. Upon Claudius' death in AD 54, Nero ascended to the throne with...
ClaudiusGothicus (Claudius II) himself. Claudius took a liking to him until Valentinus tried to convince Claudius to embrace Christianity. Claudius refused...
existence of ClaudiusGothicus on the imperial throne, which made it unnecessary for the queen to issue coins in the name of her son. After Claudius' death...
a coup in 268, and his successor in the central Roman provinces, ClaudiusGothicus, re-established Roman authority in Gallia Narbonensis and parts of...
displaced from their lands on the Black Sea, was defeated by emperor Claudius II Gothicus at the Battle of Naissus in 268 or 269. Historians see this victory...
Victoria presenting another on the reverse Aureus of the emperor ClaudiusGothicus (r. 268–270) wearing a laurel wreath Laureate portrait of the caesar...
Marcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus", emperor from AD 268 to 270. Marcus Claudius Tacitus, emperor from AD 275 to 276. Titus Claudius Aurelius Aristobulus...
just before his death. The claim that Constantius descended from ClaudiusGothicus, and thus also from the Flavian dynasty, is most certainly a fabrication...
Superior, and Claudia, a niece of the emperors ClaudiusGothicus and Quintillus. The same source also gives Claudius the nomina "Flavius Valerius" to strengthen...
first century AD. He retired from his positions during the latter part of Claudius' reign (with the advent of Agrippina the Younger), but Nero later granted...
the historical period of the Illyrian emperors proper begins with ClaudiusGothicus in 268 and continues in 284 with the rise of Diocletian and the institution...
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