Roman worship was divided into the public and the ... The pontifices determined festival dates, assisted the emperor in his religious duties, and determined which days were legal for conducting ...

While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman ...

The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of the gods and thereby gain prosperity for themselves, their families and communities. Emperors understood the central importance of ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

Despite numerous reconstructions, it remains an active place of worship. Germany’s oldest ... site of Charlemagne’s coronation as Holy Roman Emperor. The current basilica, built in the 16th ...