IL CULTO DI AUGUSTO- QUIRINUS NELLE PROVINCE
THE CULT OF AUGUSTUS- QUIRINUS IN THE PROVINCES
Author(s): Sara LucrezziSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Law and Transitional Justice, Law on Economics, Canon Law / Church Law, Philosophy of Law, EU-Legislation, Sociology of Law, Commercial Law, Court case, Sharia Law, Comparative Law, Administrative Law, Labour and Social Security Law, Roman law
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Quirinus; Romulus; Augustus; Imperial cult; Provinciae
Summary/Abstract: After the military victory and the conquest of the whole Empire, Augustus renforced his power through a large religious programm, to show that not only men, but also the gods were now in peace and all together engaged to ensure the glory of Rome. He presented himself as the new conditor, after Romulus, and had the idea to call himself Romulus or Quirinus (the divine transfiguration of the first king). An official cult of the emperor did not rise, for political caution, and in the several provinces, the consideration of the princeps took different forms. In some of the Eastern provinces people were allowed to look at him as a god, but generally, he had a different role: he was more powerful than a simple god.
Journal: IUS ROMANUM
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 174-205
- Page Count: 32
- Language: Italian