The Rise and Fall of Claudius Gothicus

Claudius Gothicus, he dieifies his predecessor. Yes, Galianus is diefied which is a good move to do if you've been involved in plotting your predecessor and then move on. This caused great anger amongst the senators who of course had to vote for the deification because remember at Galianus' death his supporters were thrown headlong down the Gomonian steps at Rome including his brother L'Akenius Valerianus. But it's good in a time of turmoil to emphasize continuity with your predecessors. This is clearly what Claudius is doing. Yeah. So we've got this lover and a fighter now as the emperor, the man with all