Roman imperial cult

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The Roman imperial cult was a state-sponsored system of religious veneration of the emperor and his family, blending politics and religion to reinforce loyalty and unity across the Roman Empire.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman religion ⓘ
religious institution ⓘ
state cult ⓘ
administeredBy local civic elites ⓘ
priests of the imperial cult ⓘ
provincial councils (koinon) ⓘ
associatedWith Augustus ⓘ
Domitian ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
Severan dynasty ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
conflictedWith early Christianity ⓘ
some Jewish communities ⓘ
declinedInCentury 4th century CE ⓘ
declinedUnder Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I
developedFrom Hellenistic ruler cults ⓘ
Roman civic cult practices ⓘ
traditional Roman ancestor worship ⓘ
developedIn Roman Empire ⓘ
emergedInCentury 1st century BCE ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
flourishedUnder Antoninus Pius ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
Claudius ⓘ
Hadrian ⓘ
Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
hasCenter Ara Pacis Augustae ⓘ
Temple of Divus Julius ⓘ
Temple of Roma and Augustus at Pergamon ⓘ
provincial temples to Roma and Augustus ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ceremonial loyalty to the emperor ⓘ
political-religious syncretism ⓘ
public cult ⓘ
state-sponsored ⓘ
hasDeityType Roma (personification of Rome) ⓘ
divinized emperor ⓘ
imperial family members ⓘ
living emperor as semi-divine figure ⓘ
hasMainSubject veneration of the Roman emperor ⓘ
veneration of the imperial family ⓘ
hasPurpose legitimation of imperial authority ⓘ
promotion of unity across the Roman Empire ⓘ
reinforcement of political loyalty ⓘ
includesPractice dedication of altars and temples to emperors ⓘ
games and spectacles ⓘ
oaths of loyalty to the emperor ⓘ
prayers for the health and safety of the emperor ⓘ
processions ⓘ
public festivals in honor of the emperor ⓘ
sacrifices to the emperor ⓘ
influencedBy Eastern mystery cults ⓘ
Greek religious traditions ⓘ
linkedTo Roman citizenship ⓘ
imperial ideology ⓘ
imperial propaganda ⓘ
partOf religion in ancient Rome ⓘ
practicedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Roman provinces ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
replacedBy Christian imperial ideology ⓘ
suppressedBy Christian emperors ⓘ
viewedAs expression of loyalty to the emperor ⓘ
instrument of imperial integration ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

On the Embassy to Gaius → mentions → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Actian Games → hasCulturalContext → Roman Imperial cult ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Column of Antoninus Pius → religiousContext → Imperial cult ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Caesar’s Comet → relatedTo → Imperial cult of Rome ⓘ
subject linked to: Caesar’s comet
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Temple of Augustus → religion → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Stratonicea → religion → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Sanctuary of the Three Gauls → partOf → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Mater Patriae → culturalContext → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Temple of Trajan → hasReligion → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Equus Marci Aurelii → religionContext → Imperial Roman state cult ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Illyrian paganism → suppressedBy → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Personified Roma → relatedConcept → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
subject linked to: personified Roma
deification of Julius Caesar → influenced → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Roma → associatedWith → Imperial cult ⓘ
subject linked to: goddess Roma
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Hall of Emperors → associatedWith → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Magnesia ad Sipylum → religion → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Decian edict on universal sacrifice → relatedTo → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Antinous → religionAfterDeath → Imperial Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Orbis Romanus → influencedBy → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
subject linked to: orbis Romanus
TIBERIEUM → relatedTo → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Cornelia Salonina → associatedCult → Imperial cult ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Christus und die Cäsaren → claims → Roman imperial ideology influenced Christian concepts of authority ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
cult of Venus Genetrix → influenced → imperial cult of the Julio-Claudian emperors ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
cult of Venus Genetrix → relatedCult → imperial cult of Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
Iovius → culturalContext → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Julian Star → relatedTo → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Concilium Galliarum → religion → Roman imperial cult ⓘ
Ankara inscription → associatedWithReligion → Imperial cult of Rome and Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult