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Claudius
Claudius I, detail of a bust found near Priverno; in the Vatican Museums.
The Roman emperor Claudius was the son of Nero Claudius Drusus, a prominent Roman general, and the younger Antonia, who was the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia.12