Claudius
deity earth Roman single tradition · 1
Claudius, Roman emperor, was deified after his death, as noted by Seneca in his work Apocolocyntosis. His apotheosis followed the Roman practice of posthumous deification of emperors. Claudius’s divine status was recognized by the Senate and the imperial cult.
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- co occurs with
- Alexander, Romulus, Quirinus, Lycurgus, Lysander, Philip II of Macedon, Ptolemy Philadelphus, Julius Caesar
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“Seneca on the memory of Claudius (d. A.D. 54)”
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