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 * Born 10 BC- Died AD 54 **
 *  Claudius became the unlikely 4th emperor of the Julio-Claudian line after the violent murder of his nephew Gaius. The reign of Claudius is important for several reasons. He stabilized the political environment by including provincials in the Senate rolls, and proved an effect re-establishment of the imperial line after the debacle Caligula. **
 *  Claudius made several provincial annexations, including the conquest of ****Britain **** which brought vital new sources of precious metals under Roman control. **
 *  He was the first emperor to rise to his position through assassination and praetorian political intervention.

The inpact on today's societ is that instead of it being an empror it is a president and we get to make more chocies.



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