Claudius II Gothicus

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3rd-century Roman emperor Roman emperor human

Claudius II Gothicus was a 3rd-century Roman emperor renowned for his military victories against the Goths and for briefly stabilizing the empire during the Crisis of the Third Century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Claudius Gothicus	2
Emperor Claudius II Gothicus	2
Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	3rd-century Roman emperor ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Claudius Gothicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Claudius II NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Illyrian military emperors ⓘ
birthDate	circa 214 ⓘ
birthPlace	Pannonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirmium NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Sirmium NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinageDepicts	military imagery ⓘ
commanded	Roman legions ⓘ
culture	Roman ⓘ
deathCause	plague ⓘ
deathDate	270 ⓘ
deathPlace	Sirmium NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty	Illyrian emperors ⓘ
epithet	Gothicus Maximus NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Crisis of the Third Century NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Marcus Aurelius Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle	Gothicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	campaigns against the Goths ⓘ military leadership ⓘ short but effective reign ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
memberOf	Roman Senate (honorary or ex officio as emperor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryCampaignRegion	Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Danubian provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRankBeforeEmperorship	senior army officer ⓘ
notableAchievement	defeated Alamanni at Lake Benacus ⓘ helped stabilize the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ major victory over the Goths at Naissus ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Lake Benacus NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Naissus NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman emperor ⓘ
posthumousReputation	capable soldier-emperor ⓘ
predecessor	Gallienus NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	270 ⓘ
reignStart	268 ⓘ
religion	Roman paganism ⓘ
ruledOver	Eastern Roman provinces ⓘ Western Roman provinces ⓘ
strengthened	Danube frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededIn	checking Gothic invasions ⓘ
successor	Aurelian NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintillus NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Naissus → associatedWith → Claudius II Gothicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Claudius II Gothicus

Battle of Naissus → commander → Claudius II Gothicus ⓘ

Tetricus I → contemporaryOf → Claudius II Gothicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Claudius Gothicus

Heruli → defeatedBy → Claudius II Gothicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Claudius II Gothicus

Roman civil wars of the 3rd century → involves → Claudius II Gothicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Claudius Gothicus

Vaballathus → recognizedBy → Claudius II Gothicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus