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Despite his disabilities and his scholarly pursuits, Claudius was an aggressive Emperor. He did not heed Augustus advice not to expand the Empire and if possible to rule through client kings. Claudius clearly had a an idea that the Empire should be highly centralised centralized and that direct rule was the best option. This means that he launched a campaign to annex client kingdoms.<ref>Levick, p119</ref>.  In his reign her , he fully incorporated Mauretania, Judea, Noricum , and Thrace into the Empire. This may have been motivated by the fact that these expansion became necessary because areas such as Thrace had become unstable . Claudius was concerned that instability in these regions could intensify and possibly could become a threat to stabilityspread. Claudius deposed many client-kings and imposed direct rule.  This change was sometimes achieved peacefully as in Judea , but at in other times areas military intervention was neededrequired. This Claudius was the case forced to intervene in Thracemilitary to maintain Roman hegemony. In Mauretania, (northern Algeria and Morocco), the Romans had to fight a series of campaigns to conquer that kingdom .<ref> Cassius Dio, <i>History of Rome</i>, LX, 18</ref>.  The absorption of these areas ultimately led them to become Romanized , and they greatly helped to strengthen dramatically strengthened the Empire’s frontiers. Claudius ' most ambitious campaign was the invasion of Britannia (modern England and Wales). It has been speculated that Claudius ordered the ' push invasion in order into Britania may have been an effort to legitimize his rule. However, Britain was not only considered to be a wealthy land and it was believed that it was also providing safe refuge but provided a haven for Gallic rebels .<ref>Suetonius, 38</ref>.  Claudius was no doubt also motivated by the desire for personal glory which was very important essential if Claudius wanted to preserve his reign in Ancient Rome. Perhaps the greatest achievement of Claudius ' tenure as Emperor was the annexation of Britannia, which became a Roman colony for almost 400 years. The British provinces, ultimately helped to strengthen the Empire, in the longer term, its mineral wealth greatly significantly enriched Rome and it . It also provided Rome with many legionnaires for the Imperial army.<ref>Levick, p 189</ref>. Unlike the later conquests of Trajan, the territories secured by Claudius made the Empire more cohesive and ultimately stronger.