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Appius Claudius Caudex

Claudius Caudex

also: Claudius, Caudex

Consul of 264 BC, said to have first persuaded the Romans to take to ships; his cognomen 'Caudex' (a plank-built hull) Seneca uses for an etymological aside.

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On the Shortness of Life philosophy · 1 mention

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