4?2 TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



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, tv^'O years earlier 

 ( — 61 -f- A.D. 16=77). Further, the foUow^ing inscriptions evi- 

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

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

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

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

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

 Cos. design. IIIL," 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 suftecti C. Valerius Asiaticus, associated with M. 

 Junius Silanus, the whole of the year 48. The same is proved 

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

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

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

 etc. For this inscription refers to the days from January ist 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. i, 2: KXaudio^ Kataap F^tiia- 

 v:xb^, dr^/mp^r/r^^ i^ouffcat; to Tzi/xTOu^ UTzaroQ dTTodsdecYjisuo^ to 

 TSVpapTOv — iypdipYj Tipb Ttaadpcov Kalavoiov ' Iwj/.ioo ini u~d- 

 Tcou Pouifou xat riopLTzrjiou I'l/Auou. 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 11. with Statilius Taurus 

 Corviiuis. The conclusion therefore is that the latter being 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, 



