Meantime,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  Claudius  was
leaving  his  mark  on  the  history  of  the  Empire  and
its  government.     In  A.D.  43   he  determined  to  carry
out   the  conquest  of   Britain,  which  Augustus    had
meditated,  but  decided  to  postpone  if  not  to  forego.
