Gratus

Gratus proclaims Claudius emperor. Detail from A Roman Emperor 41AD, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Oil on canvas, c. 1871.

For the saint, see Gratus of Aosta.

Gratus, a soldier of Caligula's bodyguard, who, after the assassination of that emperor, discovered and drew Claudius from his hiding-place in the palace, and presented him to the soldiers as a Germanicus, the proper heir to the empire.

• Josephus Antiq. xix. 3. § 1
• comp. Suet. Claud. 10
• Dion Cass. Ix. 1.

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• Smith