Sodales Augustales
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Sodales Augustales were a Roman priestly college established to oversee the imperial cult and worship of the deified emperor Augustus.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman priestly college
ⓘ
priestly sodality ⓘ religious institution ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Italian municipalities
ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ provincial cities of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deity |
Divus Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
subsequent deified emperors ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Tiberius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvidence |
Latin inscriptions
ⓘ
epigraphic records from Italian towns ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Rome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
municipal fora ⓘ provincial temples of Augustus ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Roman equestrians
ⓘ
Roman senators ⓘ prominent local elites ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
flamines of the imperial cult
ⓘ
magistri ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
banquets in honor of Augustus
ⓘ
commemorative festivals ⓘ processions ⓘ public sacrifices ⓘ |
| hasTitle | sodalis Augustalis ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Julio-Claudian dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| inception |
14 CE
ⓘ
reign of Tiberius ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
oversight of the imperial cult
ⓘ
worship of the deified emperor Augustus ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman state cult
ⓘ
imperial religious administration ⓘ |
| purpose |
integrate imperial ideology into local civic life
ⓘ
promote loyalty to the emperor ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Augustales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flamines Divorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Seviri Augustales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman religion ⓘ |
| religiousPractice |
imperial cult
ⓘ
state-sponsored emperor worship ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
appointment of local notables in municipalities
ⓘ
co-option from the senatorial elite at Rome ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Augustan shrines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
imperial cult precincts ⓘ temples of Divus Augustus ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.