en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Gothicus
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August/September 270 (aged 55)
With a birth date of 10 May 214, a death in August or September 270 would make Claudius about 56, not 55.
Full reasoning
This age does not match the dates given.
A scholarly Roman-emperors reference says Claudius was born on May 10, probably in A.D. 213 or 214, and the same entry later states that he "was 56 years old" when he died. An older Encyclopædia Britannica entry likewise says that Claudius died "in his fifty-sixth year."
Even using the article's own stated birth date of 10 May 214, someone who died in August or September 270 would already have passed his 56th birthday. So the age label "55" is arithmetically inconsistent with the supplied dates.
2 sources
- Roman Emperors - DIR Claudius Gothicus and Censorinus
M. Aurelius Claudius ... was born ... on May 10, probably in A.D. 213 or 214. ... The emperor himself caught the plague and died at Sirmium early in 270. He was 56 years old.
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Claudius, Marcus Aurelius
In the following year he died of the plague at Sirmium, in his fifty-sixth year.