What is Claudius?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Claudius | title=[[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Roman Empire]] | full name = Tiberius Claudius Drusus <br />(from birth to 4 CE); <br />Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus <br />(from 4 CE to accession); <br />Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus <br />Germanicus (as emperor) | image = Claudius crop.jpg | caption= A bust of Claudius in the [[National Archaeological Museum, Naples]] | reign = 24 January 41 – 13 October 54 | predecessor = [[Caligula]], nephew | successor = [[Nero]], grandnephew and stepson through his niece and fourth wife, Agrippina the Younger | spouse = Plautia Urgulanilla<br /> Aelia Paetina<br /> [[Valeria Messalina]]<br /> [[Agrippina the Younger]] | issue = Claudius Drusus <br />Claudia Antonia <br /> Claudia Octavia <br />[[Britannicus]]; <br />[[Nero]] (adoptive) | royal house = [[Julio-Claudian dynasty|Julio-Claudian]] | house-type = Imperial Dynasty | father = Nero Claudius Drusus | mother = Antonia Minor | birth_date = 1 August 10 BCE | birth_place = [[Lugdunum]], [[Roman Gaul|Gaul]] | death_date = {{Death date|54|10|13|df=y}} (aged 63) | burial_place = [[Mausoleum of Augustus]]}}{{About|the Roman emperor in the 1st century|the Roman emperor in the 3rd century|Claudius Gothicus}}'''Claudius''' ({{lang-la|Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus}}; 1 August 10 [[Common Era|BCE]] – 13 October 54 [[CE]]) was the fourth [[Roman emperor]]. He ruled from 24 January 41 <small>AD</small> to his death in 54 <small>AD</small>. His great-uncle was the first emperor, [[Augustus]], and his uncle was the second emperor [[Tiberius]]. His nephew was the third emperor, [[Caligula]]. His maternal grandfather was [[Mark Antony]]. Claudius had some kind of disability, in speech and walking, and his family kept him from public office until he was 38. Claudius' infirmity may have saved him from the purges of [[Tiberius]]' and [[Caligula]]'s reigns; enemies did not see him as a serious threat. He was declared emperor at the insistence of the [[Praetorian Guard]] after