...also, Caractacus was not the only chieftain/king that the Romans fought during the invasion. And Caractacus was not captured until well after Claudius returned to Rome (see Tacitus XII:36).

Claudius certainly spent most of his time in the city, and seems to have spent most of his time on matters of government. But there are a number of accounts of his interest in physical and military matters:

- Suetonius recounts Claudius' interest in spectacles and games

- Dio Cassius recounts a gladiatorial contest held and attended by Claudius

- Each of Tacitus, Dio Cassius and Suetonius refer to a sea-battle display on the Fucine lake which he organised

- Pliny the elder (Natural History, IX:14-15) gives an eye-witness account of Claudius' involvement in catching and killing a killer whale in Ostia harbour.