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This is a decree of the provincial assembly of the cities of Asia, which had immediately after the battle of Actium obtained Augustus’ consent to build a temple to Rome and Augustus and to institute a cult. It may be suspected that the proconsul entered the competition—and naturally won it—in order to forestall more extravagant and expensive honors for the emperor, and to substitute for them a useful calendar reform. The highly colored messianic language of the preamble is noteworthy.
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Jones, A.H.M. (1970). Religion. In: Jones, A.H.M. (eds) A History of Rome through the Fifth Century. The Documentary History of Western Civilization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00491-1_14
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