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Dionysius Of Halycarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 2.56.3


nan But those who write the more plausible accounts say that he was killed by his own people; and the reason they allege for his murder is that he released without the common consent, contrary to custom, the hostages he had taken from the Veientes, and that he no longer comported himself in the same manner toward the original citizens and toward those who were enrolled later, but showed greater honour to the former and slighted the latter, and also because of his great cruelty in the punishment of delinquents (for instance, he had ordered a group of Romans who were accused of brigandage against the neighbouring peoples to be hurled down the precipice after he had sat alone in judgment upon them, although they were neither of mean birth nor few in number), but chiefly because he now seemed to be harsh and arbitrary and to be exercising his power more like a tyrant than a king. <


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1. Cicero, On The Nature of The Gods, 2.62 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2.62. Those gods therefore who were the authors of various benefits owned their deification to the value of the benefits which they bestowed, and indeed the names that I just now enumerated express the various powers of the gods that bear them. "Human experience moreover and general custom have made it a practice to confer the deification of renown and gratitude upon of distinguished benefactors. This is the origin of Hercules, of Castor and Pollux, of Aesculapius, and also of Liber (I mean Liber the son of Semele, not the Liber whom our ancestors solemnly and devoutly consecrated with Ceres and Libera, the import of which joint consecration may be gathered from the mysteries; but Liber and Libera were so named as Ceres' offspring, that being the meaning of our Latin word liberi — a use which has survived in the case of Libera but not of Liber) — and this is also the origin of Romulus, who is believed to be the same as Quirinus. And these benefactors were duly deemed divine, as being both supremely good and immortal, because their souls survived and enjoyed eternal life.
2. Cicero, Republic, 2.4, 2.17, 6.13 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2.4. Hoc cum omnes adprobavissent, Quod habemus, inquit, institutae rei publicae tam clarum ac tam omnibus notum exordium quam huius urbis condendae principium profectum a Romulo? qui patre Marte natus (concedamus enim famae hominum, praesertim non inveteratae solum, sed etiam sapienter a maioribus proditae, bene meriti de rebus communibus ut genere etiam putarentur, non solum ingenio esse divino)—is igitur, ut natus sit, cum Remo fratre dicitur ab Amulio, rege Albano, ob labefactandi regni timorem ad Tiberim exponi iussus esse; quo in loco cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus pastoresque eum sustulissent et in agresti cultu laboreque aluissent, perhibetur, ut adoleverit, et corporis viribus et animi ferocitate tantum ceteris praestitisse, ut omnes, qui tum eos agros, ubi hodie est haec urbs, incolebant, aequo animo illi libenterque parerent. Quorum copiis cum se ducem praebuisset, ut iam a fabulis ad facta veniamus, oppressisse Longam Albam, validam urbem et potentem temporibus illis, Amuliumque regem interemisse fertur. 2.17. Ac Romulus cum septem et triginta regnavisset annos et haec egregia duo firmamenta rei publicae peperisset, auspicia et senatum, tantum est consecutus, ut, cum subito sole obscurato non conparuisset, deorum in numero conlocatus putaretur; quam opinionem nemo umquam mortalis adsequi potuit sine eximia virtutis gloria. 6.13. Sed quo sis, Africane, alacrior ad tutandam rem publicam, sic habeto: omnibus, qui patriam conservaverint, adiuverint, auxerint, certum esse in caelo definitum locum, ubi beati aevo sempiterno fruantur; nihil est enim illi principi deo, qui omnem mundum regit, quod quidem in terris fiat, acceptius quam concilia coetusque hominum iure sociati, quae civitates appellantur; harum rectores et conservatores hinc profecti huc revertuntur.
3. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 2.56.4, 2.63.3-2.63.4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2.56.4.  For these reasons, they say, the patricians formed a conspiracy against him and resolved to slay him; and having carried out the deed in the senate-house, they divided his body into several pieces, that it might not be seen, and then came out, each one hiding his part of the body under his robes, and afterwards burying it in secret. 2.63.3.  He also ordered that Romulus himself, as one who had shown a greatness beyond mortal nature, should be honoured, under the name of Quirinus, by the erection of a temple and by sacrifices throughout the year. For while the Romans were yet in doubt whether divine providence or human treachery had been the cause of his disappearance, a certain man, named Julius, descended from Ascanius, who was a husbandman and of such a blameless life that he would never have told an untruth for his private advantage, arrived in the Forum and said that, as he was coming in from the country, he saw Romulus departing from the city fully armed and that, as he drew near to him, he heard him say these words: 2.63.4.  "Julius, announce to the Romans from me, that the genius to whom I was allotted at my birth is conducting me to the gods, now that I have finished my mortal life, and that I am Quirinus." Numa, having reduced his whole system of religious laws to writing, divided them into eight parts, that being the number of the different classes of religious ceremonies.
4. Horace, Odes, 3.3.9-3.3.16, 4.8.14-4.8.15 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5. Horace, Letters, 2.1.5-2.1.6 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

6. Livy, History, 1.16.1-1.16.8 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

7. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.805-14.828 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

8. New Testament, Mark, 6.3, 6.7-6.13, 12.35, 13.21, 15.32 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

6.3. Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him. 6.7. He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 6.8. He charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse 6.9. but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics. 6.10. He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there. 6.11. Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city! 6.12. They went out and preached that people should repent. 6.13. They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them. 12.35. Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 13.21. Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it. 15.32. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
9. Suetonius, Augustus, a b c d\n0 "7.2" "7.2" "7 2" (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10. Lactantius, Divine Institutes, 1.18.11 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)



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aeolian, aeolic, aeolism Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
apotheosis, in roman political discourse Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
apotheosis, of romulus Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9, 10
apotheosis, of scipio Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9, 10
apotheosis Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 49
ara maxima Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
augustus, as triumphator Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
augustus Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
c. norbanus flaccus Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
cicero, of julius caesar Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
cicero, of pompey Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
cicero, on apotheosis of statesmen Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
cicero, pro lege manilia Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
cicero, pro marcello Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
cures Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
deified heroes, canon or catalogue of Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
dictatorships of sulla and julius caesar Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
dionysius of halicarnassus Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
ennius Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9, 10
genius, genii Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
hellenistic encomia Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
hercules Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
iulius proclus Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
julius caesar Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
m. liuius salinator Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
mars Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9, 10
messiah Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 49
octauian (see augustus) Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
pindar Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9
pompey the great, cn. pompeius magnus Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
power Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 49
priests, priesthoods, flamen quirinalis Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
proculus, julius Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9, 10
quirinus Buszard, Greek Translations of Roman Gods (2023) 255
resurrection Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 49
romulus, apotheosis of Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9, 10
romulus Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 49
scipio, apotheosis of Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9, 10
sulla Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
topos Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 10
transferal' Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 49
triumphus, augustus triple triumph Xinyue, Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry (2022) 9