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Flavian dynasty
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Flavian dynasty

(AD 69–96) Ancient Roman imperial dynasty of Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian, members of the Flavia gens, or clan. Vespasian sought to give the office of emperor permanent form, by means of a formal system of titles to replace personal names, an insistence on the rights of office, and a move to make Caesarism (dictatorship) hereditary by natural descent or adoption. Worship of the deified caesars (subemperors) became the symbol of imperial continuity and legitimacy.



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In the third stage (69-96 CE), the Flavians move towards the standardization of the imperial cult, evidenced by the disappearance of local variation.
 
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