The Sebasteion Is a Temple Complex in Aphrodisias, and Was Devoted to the Patron Goddess of the City, Aphrodite, the Julio-Claudian Dynasty, and the Divine Personification of the City’s Citizens. Wikipedia

Newest Article: Imperial Divine Honors and Early Christianity

Written by D. Clint Burnett

Interpreters of the New Testament should strive to present the fuller and more complex picture of cultic activities that occurred within the cities and provinces of the Roman world, which included not only imperial and but also traditional divine honors.
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