Claudius — Caligula Character Profile

About Claudius

Future emperor and Caligula's uncle, surviving the court purges.

Claudius — Character Profile

Alignment

Neutral

Species

Human

Abilities

Political survival, Historical legacy, Court navigation, Rhetoric, Imperial succession

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 7/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 5/10
• Influence: 7/10

Quick Facts about Claudius

Occupation

writer, politician, historian

Manner of Death

Homicide

Claudius's Known Relations

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

Claudius appears in 3 titles

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

Character Facts

Played by

Giancarlo Badessi

Appears in

Caligula (1979)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Claudius — related — Drusilla (Teresa Ann Savoy)
• Claudius — Family Surviving Uncle — Caligula (Malcolm McDowell)

  Relative who outlives the emperor and inherits power.

• Claudius — Conflict Suspicious Observer — Chaerea (Paolo Bonacelli)

  Uncle tracks the assassin's movements before the coup.

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