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confirmed by many other ancient reports. (See the author's 

 " Berichtigungen," p. 52.) Since Augustus, moreover, being born 

 in — 61, died aged 77 years (Joseph. Ant. xviii. 2, 2), he must 

 have died a.d. 16, and not, as Petavius taught, two years earlier 

 ( — 61-f-A.D. 16 — 77). Further, the following inscriptions evi- 

 dence that Claudius reigned only 12 years, instead of 13 years, 

 as Ptolemy's Canon and Petavius state. In Glutei's Thesaurus 

 (p. 238, no. 39) and Wolf's Suetonius (no. 2 & 3) the following 

 inscription will be found : "T. Claudius, Drusi filius, Caesar Au- 

 gustus Germanicus, Pont. Max., Trib. pot. V., Imp. X., P. p., 

 Cos. design. IIII.," etc. The first Tribunitia potestas of Claudius 

 commenced on that day on which his predecessor Caligula died, 

 i.e. a.d. 43, Jan. 24th, and consequently his 5th Trib. pot. began 

 a.d. 47, Jan. 24th, in which year Claudius became Cons, designa- 

 tus IV. Since all consuls, as is well known, were designated six 

 months previous to the beginning of their consulates, Claudius 

 must have been consul quartum a.d. 48. Petavius, on the con- 

 trary, refers the fourth consulate of Claudius to a.d. 49, and gives 

 the consules suffecti C. Valerius Asiaticus, associated with M. 

 Junius Silanus, the whole of the year 4S. The same is proved 

 by another inscription (Gruter's Thesaur. p. 238, no. 39 ; Wolf's 

 Sueton. no. 3), which reads as follows: " Ti. Claudius, Aug. 

 German., pont. max., Trib. pot. V., imp. XL, p. p., cos. IIII.," 

 etc. For this inscription refers to the days from January 1st to 

 January 24th, a.d. 48, in which Claudius already officiated as 

 consul, whilst his 6th Tribunitia potestas commenced later, on 

 January 24th, a.d. 48. Add to these authorities the decree of 

 Claudius in Josephus's Ant. xx. 1, 2: KXaudtoz KoXaap A,ou«- 

 K'zoc, drjiiapyr/S^ kqouaiaz to 7ri/jiTov, uxutoz dnodeoscy^voc: to 

 TSToaoTOV — iypdyq npo Tzaodpcov Kakavoiov ' lo'JAiou ini bizd- 

 tcov Pooifoo xai IJo/iKr/cou Itldvou. For this decree concerns 

 June 27, a.d. 47, during which Claudius, being invested with his 

 fifth Tribunitia potestas, became Cos. des. IV. Accordingly 

 Claudius was Cos. IV. a.d. 48, and Rufus with Silanus were, 

 a.d. 47, coss. suffecti instead of Vinicius II. with Statilius Taurus 

 Corvinus. The conclusion therefore is that the latter heing coss. 

 suffecti, the following consuls ruled only one year later than Peta- 

 vius brought out. That, moreover, Claudius reigned only 12, 

 and not 13 years, is confirmed by numismatics and epigraphies, 



