The assassination of Julius Caesar was finally avenged. To commemorate the event, Octavian commissioned the coin type on the reverse depicting the beginning of the construction of the Temple of Divine ...

Octavian is credited with turning a comet seen in 44 B.C.E. into a symbol of Julius Caesar's divinity and using it to advance his own political aims. Yet historical evidence argues against this ...

Another element in the Roman state religion was what is generally referred to as the imperial cult. This cult regarded emperors and members of their families as gods. On his death, Julius Caesar ...