*Claudius II (Marcus Aurelius Flavius Claudius Gothicus) Emperor
born 0214 Illyria
died 0269

father:
*Tiberius Claudius Caesar Brittanicus
born 0010 BC Lugdunum (Lyons)
died 13 October 0054 AD

mother:
*Valeria Messalina
born 0023 AD
died 0048 AD
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siblings:
Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus born 0215

spouse:
unknown

children:
*Claudia

biographical and/or anecdotal:
A virtuous and worthy Emperor (268-270), who was a soldier, statesman, and a distinguished officer. He was born in Illyria in 214, and was trained in the hard school of warfare on the Danube frontier. He died at the age of fifty-five of a pestilence (The Plague) that was decimating Goths and Romans alike in 270. He rescued Thessalonica, drove the Goths up the Vardar valley, and defeated them with great slaughter at Naissus, the modern Nish in 269 A.D. If he had lost that battle no army would have intervened between the Goths and Italy. He had a daughter, *Claudia.

notes or source:
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