Roman politics and religion were inherently linked as the
Romansattempted to explain the world and their place within it. As
Romanterritory expanded and power became consolidated into the
hands of oneman, people throughout the empire sought to define
their relationshipwith the emperor by granting honors to him. This
collection of practiceshas been labeled "emperor worship" or "ruler
cult," but this tells onlyhalf the story: imperial family members
also became an important partof this construction of power and
almost half of the individuals deifiedin Rome were wives, sisters,
children, and other family members ofthe emperor. A Family of Gods
seeks to expand current "ruler cult"discussions by including other
deified individuals, and by looking athow communities in the period
44 BCE to 337 CE sought to connectthemselves with the imperial
power structure through establishingpriesthoods and cult practices.
A Family of Gods focuses on the priests dedicated to the worship of
theimperial family in order to contextualize their role in how
imperial powerwas perceived in the provincial communities and the
ways in whichcommunities chose to employ religious practices.
Special emphasis isgiven to the provinces in Gaul, Spain, and North
Africa. This book will interest scholars of Roman imperial cult as
well as Romanimperialism, and religious and political history. It
focuses on epigraphicevidence but incorporates literary,
numismatic, and archaeologicalevidence where applicable.
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