Editing Caesar (title) (section)

== Dynastic title ==
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The first emperor to assume both the position and name without any real claim was [[Galba]], who took the throne under the name "Servius Galba Caesar Augustus" following the death of Nero in AD 68. Galba helped solidify "Caesar" as the title of the designated heir by giving it to his own adopted heir, [[Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus|Piso Licinianus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Harriet I. Flower|title=The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace & Oblivion in Roman Political Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4T6Oyezn_msC&dq=Galba++Piso++title+caesar++69&pg=PA225|year=2006|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-3063-5|page=225}}</ref> His reign did not last long, however, and he was soon killed by [[Otho]], who became "Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus". Otho was then defeated by [[Vitellius]], who became "Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus", adopting the [[List of Roman imperial victory titles|victory title]] "Germanicus" instead. Nevertheless, "Caesar" had become such an integral part of the imperial dignity that its place was immediately restored by [[Vespasian]], who ended the civil war and established the [[Flavian dynasty]] in AD 69, ruling as "Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus".{{Sfn|Hammond|1957}} 

The placement of the name "Caesar" varied among the early emperors. It usually came right before the ''[[cognomen]]'' ([[Vespasian]], [[Titus]], [[Domitian]], [[Trajan]], [[Hadrian]]); a few placed it right after it ([[Galba]], [[Otho]], [[Nerva]]). The imperial formula was finally standardised during the reign of [[Antoninus Pius]]. Antoninus, born "Titus Aurelius Antoninus", became "Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus" after his adoption but ruled as "Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius". The imperial formula thus became "''Imperator Caesar'' [name] ''Augustus''" for emperors. Heir-apparents added "Caesar" to their names, placing it after their ''[[Nominative determinism|cognomen]]''.{{Sfn|Hammond|1957}} Caesars occasionally were given the honorific ''[[princeps iuventutis]]'' ("First among the Youth") and, starting with the 3rd century, ''[[nobilissimus]]'' ("Most Noble").{{Sfn|Greenidge|1901|p=353-355}}