Editing Britannicus (section)

==Post mortem==
Britannicus was cremated and his ashes placed with those of his father in the [[Mausoleum of Augustus]]. Nero held his funeral the very next day in the rain and gave no eulogy, saying it was "a tradition in the case of untimely deaths not to oppress the public with eulogies and processions." Dio states that Nero had the corpse covered in [[gypsum]] to cover the effects of the poison on the skin. While he was being carried through the Forum, the rain had uncovered the body, making plain to all who could see that he had been poisoned.<ref>Cassius Dio, ''Roman History'', [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/61*.html#7 LXI.7]</ref> The author and historian Beacham considers Dio's account to be "theatrical".<ref>{{harvnb|Beacham|1999|p=200}}</ref>

Britannicus was said to have criticised Nero's singing voice, and referred to his adoptive brother by his original name of Lucius Domitius.<ref>Suetonius, Life of Nero, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Nero*.html#7 7]</ref> In favouring Nero, Claudius sealed the fate of his son and perhaps his own. Ominously for Agrippina, Seneca and Burrus did not complain: either they had been bought off or regarded Britannicus' death as inevitable given his relationship with Nero. Instead, they concentrated on growing their influence with the new emperor.<ref>{{harvnb|Shotter|1997|p=12}}</ref><ref name=Osgood333/>

According to Suetonius, Britannicus was good friends with the future Emperor Titus, whose father, [[Vespasian]], had commanded legions in Britain. As part of the Flavians' attempts to link themselves with the Julio-Claudians, Titus claimed that he had been seated with Britannicus on the night he was killed. He even claimed to have tasted the poison, which resulted in a serious and long illness. Titus would go on to erect a gold statue of his childhood friend and issue coins in his memory.<ref>Suetonius, Life of Titus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/suetonius/12caesars/titus*.html#2 2]</ref>