How Did Roman Emperors Become Gods? Various Concepts of Imperial Apotheosis

CHALUPA, Aleš. How Did Roman Emperors Become Gods? Various Concepts of Imperial Apotheosis. In Anodos: Studies of the Ancient World 6-7/2006-2007. Trnava: Trnavská univerzita v Trnavě, 2009, p. 201-207. ISBN 978-80-8082-228-6.

Basic information

Original name

How Did Roman Emperors Become Gods? Various Concepts of Imperial Apotheosis

Name in Czech

Jak se římští císařové stávali bohy? Rozdílná pojetí zboštění císařů

Authors

CHALUPA, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Trnava, Anodos: Studies of the Ancient World 6-7/2006-2007, p. 201-207, 7 pp. 2009

Publisher

Trnavská univerzita v Trnavě

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/09:00035864

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-80-8082-228-6

Keywords (in Czech)

římský císařský kult; deifikace; zbožštění; konsekrace; dvojí pohřeb

Keywords in English

Roman imperial cult; deification; apotheosis; consecration; double funeral

Tags

apotheosis, consecration, deification, double funeral, Roman imperial cult

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

This article surveys various concepts of imperial deification and its historical evolution. Three stages are identified. In the first stage, an eyewitness of an apotheosis is attested and a senatorial decree awarding divine honours is issued after a funeral. In the second stage, a senatorial decree is routinely issued before a funeral and an apotheosis is performed symbolically, by the release of an eagle from a funeral pyre. In the third stage, Roman emperors are often buried in a double funeral, although the exact motives of this practice are still disputed.

In Czech

Článek se zabývá rozdílnými koncepcemi deifikace císařů v antickém Římě.