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What happened to the Julio-Claudians after Nero?

After the death of Nero the title of Emperor moves beyond the family and I wonder what our current knowledge is of the family after this. Surely the remaining male members of the family would have been purged or something? I do know people with the names "Julius" and "Claudius" appear later on but I don't think they actually descend from the family. What happened to them and is there any material going into depth of the family's history beyond the second century?

Posted Aug 21, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC

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