Divus Romulus

E869876

Divus Romulus is the deified son of the Roman emperor Maxentius, honored posthumously with a temple in the Roman Forum.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Divus Romulus canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman deity ⓘ
deified Roman child ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
appearsOn Roman imperial coinage ⓘ
associatedMonument round temple near the Via Sacra ⓘ
associatedWith Maxentian building program in Rome ⓘ
Tetrarchic period ⓘ
burialPlace Via Appia ⓘ
commemoratedBy Temple of Romulus ⓘ
funerary monument on the Via Appia ⓘ
commemorativeInscription inscriptions referring to him as Divus Romulus ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
cultPlace Roman Forum ⓘ
Temple of Romulus ⓘ
cultStatus imperial cult figure ⓘ
deathCause early death in childhood ⓘ
deifiedBy Maxentius ⓘ
dynasty Constantinian-era usurpers and rivals ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
father Maxentius ⓘ
grandfather Maximian ⓘ
grandmother Eutropia ⓘ
hasLatinHonorific Divus Romulus ⓘ
hasLatinName Romulus ⓘ
hasTemple Temple of Romulus ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of the archaeological area of the Roman Forum ⓘ
historicalCategory children of Roman emperors ⓘ
deified Roman people ⓘ
honorificTitle Divus ⓘ
iconography depicted on coins issued by Maxentius ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
locatedInTime reign of Maxentius ⓘ
mother Valeria Maximilla ⓘ
namedAfter Romulus, legendary founder of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Romulus
notableFor being deified after his death as a child ⓘ
having a temple in the Roman Forum ⓘ
politicalContext conflict between Maxentius and Constantine I ⓘ
posthumousHonour consecration as a god ⓘ
dedication of a temple in the Roman Forum ⓘ
relative Constantine I (political rival of his father) ⓘ
linked to: Saint Constantine
religion Roman paganism ⓘ
roleInPropaganda dynastic legitimacy for Maxentius ⓘ
statusAtDeath imperial prince ⓘ
timePeriod early 4th century AD ⓘ
title nobilissimus puer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Temple of Divus Romulus → dedicatedTo → Divus Romulus ⓘ
Divus Romulus → hasLatinHonorific → Divus Romulus ⓘ
Temple of Divus Romulus → dedicatedTo → Divus Romulus ⓘ