(from the article `ancient Rome`) When Augustus died, the Senate unhesitatingly pronounced him divus—the deified one who had restored peace, organized a standing army to defend the ... ...the latter identified with the national founder, Romulus, risen to heaven. And so it became customary—if emperors (and empresses) were appro...
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A term meaning God. This was applied to an emperor after he haddied and had been deified. (Promoted to the status of a god).
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