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CLAUDIUS1. Marcus Aurelius Claudius, called Gothicus, was Roman Emperor from A.D. 268 to 270. Chosen emperor after the assassination of Galienus, he was given the agnomen, or title of conquest, Gothicus for his defeat of the Goths at Doberus and Naissus. Although Zenobia recognized Claudius as emperor, she occupied Egypt in A.D. 269, thus defying him. Claudius died of the plague in 270, and his successor Aurelian defeated Zenobia in 271 (Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus, XCVIII).

The Monk remarks that Claudius, emperor of Rome, was not courageous enough to fight Cenobia, MkT 2335-2348. [Aurelian: Cenobia]

Claudius, the emperor's family name, appears in final rhyming position, MkT 2335.

Boccaccio, CFW, trans. G.A. Guarino, 226-230; ibid., De casibus, ed. P.G. Ricci and V. Zaccaria, 678-682; ibid., De claris mulieribus, ed. V. Zaccaria, 406-414; Trebellius Pollio, Tyranni Triginta, XXX, and Flavius Vospiscus, Divus Aurelianus, in Scriptores historiae Augustae, ed. and trans. D. Magie, III: 134-143, 244-263.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
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