Why the emperor had to be a god : Divine invisibilty, Imperial visibilty and the Numen Augusti
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In the Greek world, during the Roman imperial period, inscriptions often described the emperor as ἰσόθεος, literally "godlike." It was an old habit. It was the way Greek cities used to honor their heroes in the past. 1 One could not deny that imperial power was superior, even if it was difficult to forget the mortality of its holder. We are facing here what seems to be a
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Archéologie et Préhistoire
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