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Patrician and plebeian. The patrician Claudii were of Sabine origin, and came to Rome in B. C. 504, when they were received among the patricians. They were noted for their pride and haughtiness, their disdain for the laws, and their hatred of the plebeians. They bore various surnames.
The plebeian Claudii were divided into several families, of which the most celebrated was that of Marcellus.