| Deified Roman Emperors: Augustus, Constantine the Great, Titus, Marcus Aurelius, Claudius, Trajan, Hadrian, Commodus, Vespasian Contributor(s): Source Wikipedia (Author), Group, Books (Editor), Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 115517609X ISBN-13: 9781155176093 Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series OUR PRICE: $23.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.56 lbs) 136 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 134. Chapters: Augustus, Constantine the Great, Titus, Marcus Aurelius, Claudius, Trajan, Hadrian, Commodus, Vespasian, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, Antoninus Pius, Julian the Apostate, Caracalla, Gallienus, Aurelian, Alexander Severus, Valerian, Constantius Chlorus, Decius, Maximian, Gratian, Marcus Aurelius Probus, Lucius Verus, Numerian, Gordian I, Philip the Arab, Pertinax, Gordian III, Carus, Herennius Etruscus, Imperial cult, Emperorship of Marcus Aurelius, Nerva, Victorinus, Publius Septimius Geta, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi. Excerpt: The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority of the Roman State. The framework for Imperial cult was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus, and was rapidly established throughout the Empire and its provinces, with marked local variations in its reception and expression. The Augustan principate transformed the long-standing Republican system of government to a de facto monarchy couched in the traditional Roman practices and forms. The princeps (later known as Emperor) was expected to balance the interests of the Roman military, senate and people, and to maintain peace, security and prosperity throughout an ethnically diverse empire. The official offer of cult to a living emperor acknowledged his office and rule as divinely approved and constitutional: his principate should therefore demonstrate pious respect for traditional Republican deities and mores. A deceased Emperor held worthy of the honour could be voted a state divinity (divus, plural divi) by the Senate and elevated as such in an act of apotheosis. The granting of apotheosis served religious, political and moral judgment on Imperial rulers and allowed living Emperors to associate themselves with a well-regarded lineage of Imperial divi... |