{"slug": "claudius", "label": "Claudius", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411", "qid": "Q1411", "description": "fourth Roman emperor (41–54)", "entries": 29, "years": 26, "span": [-35, 131], "span_label": ["36 BCE", "131 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "agrippina-the-younger", "label": "Agrippina the Younger", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "roman-britain", "label": "Roman Britain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chalcis", "label": "Chalcis", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vespasian", "label": "Vespasian", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-triumph", "label": "Roman triumph", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-rome", "label": "Ancient Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-consul", "label": "Roman consul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "augustus", "label": "Augustus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mark-antony", "label": "Mark Antony", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -35, "year_label": "36 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 31", "text": "January 31 – Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, mother of the emperor Claudius", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372976843#Births", "title": "36 BC", "revid": 1372976843, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -9, "year_label": "10 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Claudius, Roman emperor (d. 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Eleven British kings, probably including those of the Iceni and Brigantes, submit without a fight. 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The equestrian order is given full legal status, and attains the second order of the state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325705088#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 131", "revid": 1325705088, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}