The patrician branch of the Claudian family (for there was, besides, a plebeian branch of no less influence and prestige) is said to have originated at Regilli, a town of the Sabines. From there it moved to Rome shortly after the founding of the city with a large band of dependents, through the influence of Titus Tatius, (or Atta Claudius) who shared the kingly power with Romulus about six years after the expulsion of the kings [504 B.C.]. It was admitted among the patrician families, receiving, besides, from the State a piece of land on the farther side of the Anio for its dependents, and a burial-site for the family at the foot of the Capitoline hill.

Then as time went on it was honoured with twenty-eight consulships, five dictatorships, seven censorships, six triumphs, and two ovations.......and the first dynasty of emperors.

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