Editing Claudius (section)

===Flavian and later perspectives===
The [[Flavians]], who had risen to prominence under Claudius, took a different tack. They needed to shore up their legitimacy, but also justify the fall of the Julio-Claudians. They reached back to Claudius in contrast with Nero, to show that they were associated with a good regime. Commemorative coins were issued of Claudius and his son [[Britannicus]], who had been a friend of Emperor [[Titus]] (Titus was born in 39, Britannicus was born in 41). When Nero's [[Domus Aurea|Golden House]] was burned, the [[Temple of Claudius]] was finally completed on the Caelian Hill.{{sfn|Levick|2015}}

However, as the Flavians became established, they needed to emphasize their own credentials more, and their references to Claudius ceased. Instead, he was lumped with the other emperors of the fallen dynasty. His state-cult in Rome probably continued until the abolition of all cults of dead Emperors by [[Maximinus Thrax]] in 237–238.<ref name="Gradel">Gradel I. ''Emperor worship and Roman religion''. Clarendon Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-927548-9}} pp. 356–341, 367</ref> The ''[[Feriale Duranum]]'', probably identical to the festival calendars of every regular army unit, assigns him a sacrifice of a [[Cattle#Terminology|steer]] on his birthday, the [[Kalends]] of August.<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6mce147Z_EEC&q=Feriale+Duranum&pg=PA127 | title = Rome and Its Empire, AD 193–284 | isbn = 978-0-7486-2304-4 | last1 = Hekster | first1 = Olivier | year = 2008}}</ref> And such commemoration (and consequent feasting) probably continued until the Christianization and disintegration of the army in the late 4th century.<ref name="Gradel"/>