Divus Iulius

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Roman god deified person imperial cult deity state cult

Divus Iulius is the deified form of Julius Caesar, worshipped as a Roman god following his assassination and subsequent state-sanctioned apotheosis.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Divus Julius 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman god ⓘ
deified person ⓘ
imperial cult deity ⓘ
state cult ⓘ
associatedPhenomenon Caesar’s Comet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julian Star NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sidus Iulium ⓘ
associatedWithDate 44 BC ⓘ
associatedWithEvent assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
commemoratedBy games of 44 BC ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
cultLinkedTo rise of Augustus ⓘ
cultPromotedBy Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultType dynastic cult ⓘ
public cult ⓘ
culture Ancient Roman religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
deifiedFormOf Gaius Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApotheosisType state-sanctioned apotheosis ⓘ
hasCanonicalName Divus Iulius NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCultTitle Divus ⓘ
Divus Julius NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeificationContext after assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
hasEnglishName the Divine Julius NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Latin ⓘ
hasLatinName Divus Iulius NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorSanctuary Temple of Divus Iulius NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPriest flamen Divi Iulii ⓘ
hasPriestlyOffice flamen of the Divine Julius GENERATED ⓘ
hasSymbol comet ⓘ
star ⓘ
honors Gaius Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo Julio-Claudian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
imperial ideology ⓘ
religiousRole guarantor of Julius Caesar’s posthumous authority ⓘ
prototype for later deified emperors ⓘ
representedOn Roman coins ⓘ
monuments in the Roman Forum ⓘ
templeCity Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
templeDedicatedBy Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
templeDedicationYear 29 BC ⓘ
templeLocation Roman Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasDeifiedBy Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedAs personal patron of Julius Caesar’s supporters ⓘ
state god ⓘ
worshippedBy citizens of Rome ⓘ
supporters of the Caesarian faction ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caesar’s comet → associatedWithDeity → Divus Iulius ⓘ
subject surface form: Caesar’s Comet
this entity surface form: Divus Julius
deification of Julius Caesar → grantedTitle → Divus Iulius ⓘ
deification of Julius Caesar → hasCultTitle → Divus Iulius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Divus Julius
De vita Caesarum → hasPart → Divus Iulius ⓘ
Caesar’s comet → linkedToTitle → Divus Iulius ⓘ
subject surface form: Caesar’s Comet