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The divinization of Caesar and Augustus : precedents, consequences, implications
\"This book examines the new institution of divinization that emerged as a political phenomenon at the end of the Roman Republic with the deification of Julius Caesar. Michael Koortbojian addresses the myriad problems related to Caesar's, and subsequently Augustus', divinization, in a sequence of studies devoted to the complex character of the new imperial system. These investigations focus on the broad spectrum of forms - monumental, epigraphic, numismatic, and those of social ritual - used to represent the most novel imperial institutions: divinization, a monarchial princeps, and a hereditary dynasty. Throughout, political and religious iconography is enlisted to serve in the study of these new Roman institutions, from their slow emergence to their gradual evolution and finally their eventual conventionalization\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Caesar and Religion
This chapter contains sections titled:
Religious Offices and Actions in Caesar's Career
Caesar and Ruler Cult
Caesar and the Observance of Religious Practices
Religion in Caesar's Own Works
Ancient Sources' Picture of Caesar and Religious Observance
Conclusion
Further Reading
Book Chapter
AUGUSTUS AND THE CULT OF THE EMPEROR/ Augusto y el culto al emperador
Faced with the worship of the ruler in the Greek east, Augustus could do little more that regulate a practice that had already existed over three centuries. His problem in Rome, in contrast, was to adapt the cult of the ruler required by contemporary practice to the usage of the Republic in such as way as to distance himself from Caesar, whose indiscretion had produced his untimely death. The system he hit upon was to emphasize Republican forms, key abstractions, and the worship of state gods closely connected with his rule: in other words to establish the cult of the emperor by other then direct means. In the Latin west in contrast he was free to shape the ruler cult as he chose. His principal contribution here was to establish regional centres at Lugdunum and elsewhere for the worship of Roma and Augustus, a prescription originally laid down for non-Romans in the Greek east. Sharply to be distinguished from this is the altar of Augustus at Tarraco reported by Quintilian. This can only be municipal, not the foundation monument of the provincial cult of Hispania citerior, which began only after the emperor's death and deification.
Journal Article
Rome wasn't scripted in a day
Rome is at pains to make much of the strangeness of the period, the topsy-turvy attitudes to sex and violence and the outrageous religious cults. David Nicholls' Much Ado About Nothing saw some fine performances with Damian Lewis of Band of Brothers as Benedick and Sarah Parish as Beatrice sparking off one another as a pair of feuding news anchors in a regional English television station.
Newspaper Article
The Great Unraveling
Penthouse had previously become involved in the movie business by investing money in The Longest Yard (1974), Chinatown (1974), and The Day of the Locust (1975), but now it sought to play a more substantial role in the film industry. [...]began Guccione's ultimately catastrophic entanglement in the production of Caligula. [...]might a more coherent Caligula narrative relate a story relevant to a contemporary audience? [...]it is imperative for us to understand the monsters we create artistically in order to understand those we create in real life. n As devotees attempt to reconstruct the original vision of the hijacked historical epic, we look back at the creative tug of war that tore apart what had been intended by screenwriter Gore Vidal as a provocative political drama. First: The absolute normality of Caligula himself is what will make the movie memorable and chilling.
Magazine Article