Emperor Claudius Coffee Mug

One of the first Roman emperors to have born outside Italy, his reign lasted from 41 AD to 54 AD. He was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor, and the fact that he was afflicted with a limp and slight deafness – he was rather unfairly excluded from public office until his consulship by his family. But as it happens, this particularly infirmity directly or indirectly saved him from fate of Tiberius and Caligula, for potential enemies never saw him as a serious threat. His rule was seen vulnerable by the eyes of nobility and senate for they thoroughly opposed his ascend to the throne, but he got his biggest support from the military. Claudius comes as a positive mishmash of conflicting characteristics: absent-minded, hesitant, muddled, determined, cruel, intuitive, wise and dominated by his wife and his personal staff of freedmen. But despite all these and his evident lack of experience, Claudius proved to be an able and efficient administrator. He was also an ambitious builder. He constructed many new roads, aqueducts, and canals across the Empire. During his reign the Empire began the conquest of Britain. Having a personal interest in law, he presided at public trials, and issued up to twenty edicts a day. Your mug can be easily customised: styles, sizes, colours, text, image, etc.