THE ROMAN IMPERIAL CULT  
The Divine Emperors

 

From the Deification of Julius Caesar in 42 BC
to the Reign of the Emperor Anastasius in 518 AD, all Emperors of Rome were Deified.
Until around 400 AD the Deified Emperors received worship and offerings in the Imperial Temples.
They continued to receive public prayer and commemoration in Christian Churches through the 7th Century AD and beyond.

 

These pages are dedicated to the Divine Roman Emperors and their veneration.  



TEMPLE OF JULIUS CAESAR
(59 - 44 BC)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
  (27 BC -14 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR TIBERIUS
 (14 - 37 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CALIGULA

 (37-41 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS

 (41 - 54 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR NERO

 (54 - 68 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GALBA

 (68 - 69 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR OTHO

 (69 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VITELLIUS

 (69 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VESPASIAN
 (69 - 79 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR TITUS
 (79 - 81 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR DOMITIAN
 (81 - 96 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR NERVA

 (96 - 98 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
 (98 - 117 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR HADRIAN
 (117 - 138 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR ANTINONUS PIUS
 (138 - 161 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR LUCIUS VERUS
 (161 - 169 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS
 (161 - 180 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR COMMODUS
 (180 - 192 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR PERTINAX

 (192 - 193 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR DIDIUS JULIANUS
 (193 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
 (193 - 211 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GETA
 (211 - 212 AD)

 

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MACRINUS
 (217 - 218 AD)
 

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR DIADUMENIAN
 (218 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR ELAGABALUS
 (218 - 222 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR SEVERUS ALEXANDER
 (222 - 235 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMINUS I
 (235 - 238 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GORDIAN I
 (238 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GORDIAN II
 (238 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR PUPIENUS
 (238 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR BALBINUS
 (238 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GORDIAN III
 (238 - 244 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR PHILIP I
 (244 - 249 AD)
 

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR PHILIP II
 (247 - 249 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR TRAJAN DECIUS
 (249 - 251 AD)
 

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS
 (251 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR HOSTILIAN
 (251 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR TREBONIANUS GALLUS
 (251 - 253 AD)
 

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VOLUSIANUS
 (251 - 253 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR AEMILIAN
 (253 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VALERIAN
(253 - 260 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GALLIENUS
(253- 268 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR SALONINUS
(260 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS GOTHICUS
(268 - 270 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR QUINTILLIUS
(270 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR AURELIAN
(270 - 275 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR TACITUS
(275 - 276 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR FLORIANUS
(276 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR PROBUS
(276 - 282 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CARUS
(282 - 283 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR NUMERIAN
(283 - 284 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CARINUS
(283 - 285 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR DIOCLETIAN
(284 - 305 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMIAN
(286 - 305 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTIUS I
(305 - 306 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GALERIUS
(305 - 311 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR SEVERUS II
(306 - 307)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MAXENTIUS
(306 - 312 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE I
(306 - 337 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR LICINIUS I
(308 - 324 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMINIUS DAIA
(310 - 313 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VALERIUS VALENS
(316 - 317 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MARTINIAN
(324 AD)


TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE II
(337 - 340 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANS
(337 - 350 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTIUS II
(337 - 361 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VETRANIO
(350 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN
(361 - 363 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR JOVIAN
(364 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VALENTINIAN I
(364 - 375 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VALENS
(364 - 378 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GRATIAN
(367 - 383 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VALENTINIAN II
(375 - 392 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS I
(379 - 395 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MAGNUS MAXIMUS
(383 - 388 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR ARCADIUS
(383 - 408 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR FLAVIUS VICTOR
(384 - 388 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR EUGENIUS
(392 - 394 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR HONORIUS
(393 - 423 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS II
(402 - 450 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE III
(407 - 411 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANS II
(409 - 411 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTIUS III
(421 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR JOANNES
(423 - 425 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR VALENTINIAN III
(425 - 455 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MARCIAN

(450 - 457 AD)

SHRINE OF THE EMPEROR PETRONIUS MAXIMUS
(455 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR AVITUS
(455 - 456 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR MAJORIAN
(457 - 461 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR LIBIUS SEVERUS
(461 - 465 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR ANTHEMIUS
(467 - 472 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR OLYBRIUS
(472 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR GLYCERIUS
(473 - 474 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR JULIUS NEPOS
(474 - 480 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR ROMULUS AUGUSTUS
(475 - 476 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR LEO I
(457 - 474 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR LEO II
(474 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR BASILISCUS
(475 - 476 AD)

 

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR ZENO
(474 - 491 AD)

TEMPLE OF THE EMPEROR ANASTASIUS I
(491 - 518 AD)

 

Emperor Anastasius I is the last known Roman Emperor to
 have received official Apotheosis at the time of his death in 518 AD.

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