Author: TAYLOR, LILY ROSS
Title: The Divinity of the Roman Emperor
Description: Arno Press, 1975. Hardcover. ISBN: 0405070683. Minor shelfwear. Former owner's name to ffep deleted with black marker. Very Faint staining to boards. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1931 Edition. Establishes the context of worship in the Roman state cult, Taylor brings her readers back a couple of centuries prior, to Alexander's time and other Hellenistic rulers. Then she guides the reader through Rome's Republic, Julius Caesar's attempts to make for himself a divine monarchy, his death and apotheosis. And logically the account follows Caesar's son, Augustus (the divi filius) and the founding of the imperial cult in Rome and throughout the empire. Taylor closes her work with Augustus' deification. ; Arno Press Collection. ; 296 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: 0405070683 Paganism Roman Empire Roman History Classical Greek & Roman Paganism Roman Empire Cults & Demonism


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