person
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus
Claudius
also: Caesar
Fourth Roman emperor (r. AD 41–54). The 'Caesar' praised throughout the work and the 'public father' into whose mouth Seneca puts the consolation; Seneca, exiled under him, pleads for his own recall.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §1 Claudius
Fourth Roman emperor (r. AD 41–54), the limping, stammering target of the satire, here applying for admission among the gods.
- Consolation to Polybius §2 Caesar
The emperor Claudius (r. AD 41–54), Polybius's master and the 'Caesar' praised throughout; Seneca, exiled under him, makes him the work's living consolation.
- On Benefits §1.15.5 Claudius
Roman emperor (r. AD 41–54); his gifts, Passienus implies, carried no weight of esteem behind them.
- On Mercy §1.23 Your father
The emperor Claudius (r. AD 41–54), Nero's adoptive father, under whom parricide cases — and the punishment of the sack — multiplied alarmingly.
- Octavia §34 stock of Claudius
The emperor Claudius (r. AD 41-54), father of Octavia and Britannicus, poisoned by his wife Agrippina.
Mentioned in 14 works (101 mentions)
Consolation to Marcia
Consolation to His Mother Helvia
Consolation to Polybius
On the Shortness of Life
The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius
On the Firmness of the Wise Man
On Benefits
- §1.15.5 Claudius
- §1.15.6 Claudius
- §2.11.1 Caesar
- §2.12.1 Caesar
- §2.21.5 Caesar
- §2.25.1 Caesar
- §2.7.2 Caesar
- §3.23.2 Claudius
- §3.24.1 Caesar
- §3.26.1 Caesar
- §3.27.1 Caesar
- §3.27.2 Caesar
- §3.27.3 Caesar
- §3.27.4 Caesar
- §4.31.2 Caesar
- §5.24.1 Caesar
- §5.24.2 Caesar
- §5.24.3 Caesar
- §5.25.2 Caesar
- §7.11.1 Caesar
- §7.6.3 Caesar
On Tranquility of Mind
Moral Letters to Lucilius
- §1.4.7 Caesar
- §2.14.12 Caesar
- §2.14.13 Caesar
- §2.21.4 Caesar
- §3.24.8 Caesar
- §5.51.11 Caesar
- §9.77.18 Caesar
- §10.83.12 Caesar
- §15.94.65 Caesar
- §15.95.42 Caesar
- §15.95.70 Caesar
- §16.97.2 Caesar
- §16.97.8 Caesar
- §19.114.6 Caesar
- §20.118.2 Caesar
- §88.40 Caesar
- §104.29 Caesar
- §104.30 Caesar
- §104.32 Caesar
- §104.33 Caesar
- §108.22 Caesar