What was claudius's leadership style?

Answer 1

Tiberius CLAUDIUS drusis Nero germanicus was the lame, sick and stammering grand son of Marc Anthony. He was afflicted by many child hood illnesses which left him with a terrible stammer, a constant facial twitch, whic also included his head, one leg shorter than the other, a twisted foot and other physical problems. His brother germanicus was a strong golden boy in the family, but Claudius loved him. Due to his physical problems, Claudius spent most of his time learning and writing. He became very well educated, learning several languages, and spent much time in the libraries of Rome. He was married three times, the second wife being the imfamous messilina and his third his niece. Claudius became emporer by default. After the murder of his nephew Caligula, he was found hiding Behind curtains but the emporers body guard who promptly declared him king. Claudius built a safe winter harbor so Rome could get food during winter He established a good foothold in Briton He enforced the rule of law and not just the emporers will His wife was corrupt and he had her executed for treason when he found about her many lovers. He married his niece who was the mother of Nero, and due to her machininations his son was murdered and nero became king. Nero was the last of the claudian line of emporers

Answer 2

Claudius was a liberal and enlightened ruler. He showed respect to both senators and freedmen. He encouraged the expression of personal opinions. He issued laws to protect slaves. He was a good administrator and undertook important public work projects. His main weakness was his vulnerability to manipulation by his wives (Messalina and Agrippina the Younger).

Claudius was an intellectual and historian. He wrote histories of the Etruscans and Carthaginians and an autobiography and compiled an Etruscan dictionary

Claudius was very active in legal matters. He frequently was the judge in trials. He reduced the breaks of the court sessions and increased the age of jurors to ensure that they were more experienced. He investigated corruption cases. He used many edicts. He reaffirmed the rights of Jews. He used edicts to protect sick slaves because masters abandoned them rather than giving them medical care. They also reclaimed them if they recovered. Claudius ruled that abandoned slaves were to be free and that masters who killed sick slaves would be charged with murder. He also centralised governance, increased his cabinet and had freemen as ministers.

Claudius built two new aqueducts for the city of Rome and repaired a third one. He built a large new port on the coast (near Ostia) to increase the shipment of grain for Rome so as to decrease grain shortages. He also built a canal to this port He built roads and canals around the empire. He also drained a lake in central Italy to increase farm land.

Claudius annexed Thrace (south-eastern Bulgarian and European Turkey), Noricum eastern Austria and western Hungary) Pamphylia and Lycia he conquered southern England.(both in Turkey) and Judea as Roman provinces and completed the annexation of Mauretania( northern Morocco). He conquered southern England.