Roman Britain Episode 08 - Consilium Imperii

In 41 CE, Rome did something unexpected. It made an emperor out of a man who had spent most of his life being ignored. That man was Claudius. Photos in this episode Proclaiming Claudius Emperor by Lawrence Alma-Tadema Public Domain, Bust of Emperor Claudius By Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011), CC BY 2.5, 1:10 model reconstruction of a quadrireme By Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany - (four-banked galley) according to a graffito from Alba Fucens in Italy, mid-1st century AD, Museum für Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz, CC BY-SA 2.0,

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Roman Britain Episode 08 - Consilium Imperii is an episode from Welsh History Podcast by Jonathan Williams.

This episode is 36:19 long.

This episode was published on Apr 13, 2026.

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