Claudius — Nero Character Profile

About Claudius

The reigning emperor who takes in and raises young Nero after Caligula's death, only to be murdered by Agrippina to facilitate Nero's succession.

Quick Facts about Claudius

Occupation

writer, politician, historian

Manner of Death

Homicide

Claudius's Known Relations

• Antonia Minor — Mother
• Nero — Child
• Claudia Octavia — Child
• Claudia Antonia — Child
• Britannicus — Child
• Tiberius Claudius Drusus — Child
• Claudia Julia — Child
• Agrippina the Younger — Spouse
• Messalina — Spouse
• Plautia Urgulanilla — Spouse
• Aelia Paetina — Spouse
• Nero — Relative
• Nero Claudius Drusus — Father
• Aemilia Lepida — Unmarried partner
• Livia Medullina — Unmarried partner
• Calpurnia — Unmarried partner
• Cleopatra — Unmarried partner
• Germanicus — Sibling
• Livilla — Sibling

Claudius appears in 3 titles

• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) — character page
• Caligula (1979) — character page
• Nero (2004)

Character Facts

Played by

Massimo Dapporto

Appears in

Nero (2004)

Role

Minor

More characters from Nero

• Nero (Hans Matheson)
• Acte (Rike Schmid)
• Aggrippina (Laura Morante)
• Seneca (Matthias Habich)
• Etius (Jochen Horst)
• Domitia (Ángela Molina)
• Young Nero (James Bentley)
• Paul of Tarsus (Pierre Vaneck)
• Claudia Octavia (Vittoria Puccini)
• Septimus (Ian Richardson)
• Poppaea Sabina (Elisa Tovati)
• Britannicus (Francesco Venditti)