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The divinity of the Roman emperor
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ISBN: 0879916060 9780879916060 Year: 1975 Publisher: Philadelphia Porcupine Press

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Kaiser und Gott : Herrscherkult im romischen Reich
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ISBN: 3519074443 9783519074441 Year: 1999 Publisher: Stuttgart Teubner

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Die Praxis der Herrscherverehrung in Rom und seinen Provinzen
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ISBN: 3161478959 9783161478956 Year: 2003 Publisher: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,

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Emperor worship and roman religion
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ISBN: 0198152752 0199275483 9780198152750 9780199275489 Year: 2002 Publisher: Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press,

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Römischer Kaiserkult
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ISBN: 3534060784 9783534060788 Year: 1978 Volume: 372 Publisher: Darmstadt : Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG),


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Die Offenbarung des Johannes : Kommunikation im Konflikt.
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ISBN: 9783451022531 3451022532 Year: 2012 Volume: 253 Publisher: Freiburg im Breisgau Herder


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Imperial cult
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ISBN: 9004398368 9004398376 9789004398368 9789004398375 Year: 2019 Publisher: Leiden : Brill,

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As political power in Rome became centered on the emperor and his family, a system of honors and titles developed as one way to negotiate this new power dynamic. Classified under the modern collective heading ?imperial cult? (or emperor worship or ruler cult), this system of worship comprises religious rituals as well as political, economic, and social aspects. In this article, Gwynaeth McIntyre surveys the range of ancient literary sources and modern scholarly debates on how individuals became gods in the Roman world. Beginning with the development of exceptional honors granted to Julius Caesar and his deification, she traces the development of honors, symbols, and religious rituals associated with the worship of imperial family members. She uses case studies to illustrate how cult practices, temples, and priesthoods were established, highlighting the careful negotiation required between the emperor, imperial family, Senate, and populace in order to make mortals into gods.


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Der römische Kaiser und das Land am Nil : Kaiserverehrung und Kaiserkult in Alexandria und Ägypten von Augustus bis Caracalla (30 v. Chr. - 217 n. Chr.)
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ISBN: 9783515096508 3515096507 Year: 2010 Volume: 212 Publisher: Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag,


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The imperial cult under the Flavians
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ISBN: 0405072635 9780405072635 Year: 1975 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Arno Press


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A family of gods : the worship of the imperial family in the Latin West
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ISBN: 9780472130054 0472130056 9780472122189 0472122185 Year: 2016 Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,

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Roman politics and religion were inherently linked as the Romansattempted to explain the world and their place within it. As Roman territory expanded and power became consolidated into the hands of oneman, people throughout the empire sought to define their relationship with the emperor by granting honors to him. This collection of practices has been labeled "emperor worship" or "ruler cult," but this tells only half the story: imperial family members also became an important partof this construction of power and almost half of the individuals deified in Rome were wives, sisters, children, and other family members of the emperor. "A Family of Gods" seeks to expand current "ruler cult" discussions by including other deified individuals, and by looking at how communities in the period 44 BCE to 337 CE sought to connect themselves with the imperial power structure through establishing priesthoods and cult practices. It focuses on the priests dedicated to the worship of the imperial family in order to contextualize their role in how imperial power was perceived in the provincial communities and the ways in which communities chose to employ religious practices.

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