He was carried to the Capitol in a litter at night where he assumed the toga virilis (normally performed in public in the Forum).
1 These weaknesses forced the family to keep him out of sight during his entire childhood and much of his youth for fear of embarrassment. His mother, Antonia, frequently called him " an abortion of a man that had been only begun, but never finished, by nature".
His infirmity caused him to drag his right leg, drool, his voice cracked and his speech was often unintelligible. Sear RCV 1846.Ĭlaudius was born in Lugdunum (modern day Lyon) on August 1, 10 BCE.Ĭlaudius had a difficult youth and was not accepted by his family due to conditions imposed by what modern medicine believes to be cerebral palsy, Tourette syndrome, or autism. His laureated head right, TI CLAUD CAESAR AVG TR P VI IMP XI around / Pax-Nemesis advancing right drawing out fold of drapery from neck and holding a caduceus, snake at feet, PACI AVGVSTAE. Silver Denarius of Claudius minted in Lugdunum 46-47 CE.
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