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NOW Claudius Caesar died when he had reigned thirteen years, eight
months, and twenty days; 1
and a report went about that he was poisoned by his wife Agrippina. Her
father was Germanicus, the brother of Caesar. Her husband was Domitius
Aenobarbus, one of the most illustrious persons that was in the city of
Rome; after whose death, and her long continuance in widowhood, Claudius
took her to wife. She brought along with her a son, Domtitus, of the same
name with his father. He had before this slain his wife Messalina, out
of jealousy, by whom he had his children Britannicus and Octavia; their
eldest sister was Antonia, whom he had by Pelina his first wife. He also
married Octavia to Nero; for that was the name that Caesar gave him afterward,
upon his adopting him for his son.
1 This duration of the reign of Claudius agrees with Dio, as Dr. Hudson here remarks; as he also remarks that Nero's name, which was at first L. Domitius Aenobarbus, after Claudius had adopted him was Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus. This Soleus as [own Life, sect. 11, as also] by Dio Cassius andTaeims, as Dr. Hudson informs us.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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