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Tiberius Clauius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I (August 1, 10 BC – October 13, AD 54) (Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus before his accession) was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54. Born in Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-day Lyon, France), to Drusus and Antonia Minor, he was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italia.

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  • Name shared by characters that Derek Jacobi played in a PBS miniseries & in Kenneth Branagh's film of "Hamlet"
  • Uncle of Caligula and stepfather of Nero, this Roman emperor was poisoned by his wife, Nero's mother
  • Something is rotten in Denmark, & it's this guy, Gertrude's new husband! (he's driving her son Hamlet bonkers!)
  • Hamlet tells him, "Thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane... follow my mother"
  • After stabbing him, Hamlet cries, "This incestuous, murderous, damned Dane...follow my mother"
  • I, this Roman emperor, may have been killed by my wife Agrippina in 54 A.D. so Nero could take over
  • This stammering Roman emperor launched an invasion against Celtic forces in Britain in 43 A.D.
  • Under this emperor, the Romans stuttered to a conquest of Britain in 43 A.D.
  • He calls Gertude "Our sometime sister, now our Queen"
  • This Roman emperor's third wife, Messalina, was messing around, so he had her killed
  • He became emperor of Rome after Caligula was murdered
  • When named Roman emperor he was hiding; Caligula had just been killed & he thought he was next to die
  • After Caligula's assassination, this stammerer was found hiding behind a curtain & made emperor
  • This Roman emperor who succeeded Caligula narrates 2 novels by Robert Graves
  • This Roman emperor, played on TV by Derek Jacobi, married his own niece; she poisoned him
  • Hamlet Sr., who for a dead guy, is still pretty spry as the ghost
  • I, Tarzan. Him, this 1934 Robert Graves title guy. Weak. Drooling. Some Roman emperor! Tarzan kick butt!
  • 'Tis okay ye killed Dad & wed Mom--thou said thy "offence is rank, it smells to heaven", but I'm a live & let live kind of guy
  • The chief figure in 2 books by Robert Graves, this emperor may have been poisoned by his fourth wife
  • I, this Roman emperor, made Gallic nobility eligible for senate seats during my 41-54 A.D. reign
  • The life of author Plutarch began during the reign of this emperor whose life was chronicled by Robert Graves
  • The ghost of Hamlet's father appears to Hamlet & accuses this man of murdering him
  • Hamlet says to this character, "Thou incestous, murderous, damned Dane, drink off this potion"

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