“There are two different ways of writing history: one is to persuade men to virtue and the other is to compel men to truth.”

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (10 BC - 54 AD) was Roman emperor from 41 to 54 AD and despite his lack of political experience, Claudius showed remarkable qualities: he was a skillful administrator, a great patron of public construction, an expansionist in foreign policy and a tireless legislator, who presided over the courts personally. He was also a very educated man, writer, historian and linguist, although almost all his works have been lost. Aiming at the unification of the empire, he granted Roman citizenship to many colonies. His greatest war effort was the conquest of Britain and some small expansions to the East.