The divinization of Caesar and Augustus: precedents, consequences, implications

Abstract

1. Making men gods 2. The question of Caesar's divinity and the problem of his cult statue 3. Augural images: old traditions and new institutions 4. Romulus, Quirinus, genius, divus 5. Caesar's portrait and the Simulacrum Divi Iulii 6. Auspicious, propitious, victorious 7. Representation in an era of divinization 8. Ad urbem et ex urbe: the imagery of the divus and its fate 9. Coda: reverberations in the east.