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Claudius
- Reign
- 41–54 AD
- Throne name
- 1. Autokrator Heka-hekau-mery-aset-Ptah 2. Kaisaros Germanikos 3. Kaisaros Sebastos
- Dynasty
- Roman emperors
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, 332 BC to 4th century AD
- Capital at the time
- Alexandria
Claudius was a Roman emperor and is attested as pharaoh in hieroglyphic inscriptions in Egypt. Reign: 41–54 AD. The throne name is 1. Autokrator Heka-hekau-mery-aset-Ptah 2. Kaisaros Germanikos 3. Kaisaros Sebastos.
What is known about Claudius
With the pronaos of the Temple of Khnum at Esna, he had the last new Egyptian temple building begun.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: Greco-Roman Period
Macedonian kings and later Roman emperors rule Egypt as pharaohs. Greek and Egyptian culture merge, and the ancient temples are enlarged more magnificently than ever before.
- c. 280 BCPtolemy II has the lighthouse built on the island of Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- 237 BCConstruction begins on the Temple of Horus at Edfu, today the best-preserved temple in Egypt.
- 196 BCRosetta Stone: a priestly decree for Ptolemy V in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek.
- 30 BCDeath of Cleopatra VII; Egypt becomes a Roman province and the granary of Rome.
More about this period: Greco-Roman Period
Roman emperors: all rulers
- Augustus
- Tiberius
- Caligula
- Claudius
- Nero
- Galba
- Otho
- Vespasian
- Titus
- Domitian
- Nerva
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- Caracalla
- Geta
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- Severus Alexander
- Philip the Arab
- Decius
- Valerian
- Aurelian
- Zenobia
- Probus
- Diocletian
- Maximian
- Galerius
- Maximinus Daza
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