(n)Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54), Syn.Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, Claudius I
(n)Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363), Syn.Julian the Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus
(n)Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68), Syn.Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
(n)Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance, Syn.Claudius Ptolemaeus
(n)son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37), Syn.Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus
[托勒密, Tuō lè mì, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄧˋ]Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC; Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成#120850[Add to Longdo]
[托勒玫, Tuō lè méi, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄟˊ]Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成; also written 托勒密[Add to Longdo]