imperial cult
C14133
concept
A state-sponsored religious system in which a ruler or dynasty is venerated as divine or semi-divine, often to legitimize political authority and unify the populace.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| imperial cult canonical | 3 |
| Roman religion | 2 |
| Ptolemaic royal cult | 1 |
| dynastic cult | 1 |
| imperial ancestral deities | 1 |
| pharaonic deification cult | 1 |
| royal cult | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: imperial cult
Generated description
A state-sponsored religious system in which a ruler or dynasty is venerated as divine or semi-divine, often to legitimize political authority and unify the populace.
Instances (9)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| cult of Ramesses II | royal cult |
| Divine Faith | — |
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Theoi Adelphoi
linked to:
Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II)
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Ptolemaic royal cult |
| cult of Antinous | — |
| Eight imperial kami of Kashihara | imperial ancestral deities |
| Roman imperial cult | Roman religion |
| cult of Elagabal | Roman religion |
| Din-i Ilahi | — |
| cult of Venus Genetrix | dynastic cult |