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May I ask… :twisted:

Where did the Roman imperial cult go? :consternation:
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I think they stopped doing it after the last non-Christian Roman emperor. :consternation:
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I don't know myself. But the imperial cult was a state thing. So when Theodosius banned paganism, I imagine it just stopped.

Interesting question.
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The decline of the formal imperial cult was gradual.
The last emperor in the East to be called Divus upon his death was Anastasius in 518 Rituals of Royalty (The practice died out earlier in the West but this seems to be part of the loss of status of the 5th century western puppet emperors. )

On the other hand Constantine probably banned sacrifices as part of the imperial cult.

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Charlemagne, king of the Romans, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Coronation granted by the Pontifex Maximus, Bishop of Rome. Although this remnant of the past empire Rome had been, the divine right of the King with support from the Church continued with the new kingdoms emerging out of the ashes of antiquity.

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ghost wrote:May I ask… :twisted:

Where did the Roman imperial cult go? :consternation:

The role of "Pontifex Maximus" was abandoned by the Christian Emperors and assumed by Damasus, rightful Bishop of Rome, in the later 4th century. One might answer this question .... "Where did the Roman imperial cult go?" ... by saying it was partly subsumed into the Christian cult by the transfer of the role of Pontifex Maximus from the Emperor - head of the pagan priesthood - to the Pope of Rome (Damasus, the thug) and the Christian priesthood.

It is interesting to note that JC bribed his way into the role of "Pontifex Maximus" and the role was performed by (most? all?) Roman Emperors until Damasus assumed it.
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Leucius Charinus wrote: It is interesting to note that JC bribed his way into the role of "Pontifex Maximus" ...
"JC"??

if so, "bribed his way into the role ..."??
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MrMacSon wrote:
Leucius Charinus wrote: It is interesting to note that JC bribed his way into the role of "Pontifex Maximus" ...
"JC"??

if so, "bribed his way into the role ..."??

Julius Caesar saw that it was politically expedient for him to be able to assume the role of "Pontifex Maximus".

He bribed his way to hold that position.

I don't have the sources for this at hand.
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