>inherited a pagan empire >founded by a demigod, then full god, Romulus Quirinus>descendant of a long list of demigods and pagan gods>be Pontifex Maximus of the Roman religion>wanted to preserve the pagan religious title so much that creates Caesaropapism and break christianity into it's catholic and orthodox branches>hate-love (?) the gods of their ancestors >[pagan Goddess Victoria still apears in the coins, despite her Altar was removed from the Senate; tried to save the Statue of Zeus at Olympia from the chronic inestability of the empire]>keep celebrating pagan festivities and rituals>keep deifying previous emperors and great statesmen, making the pagan Pantheon even bigger, many of those were christians too>even the Church is OK with the deification despite the First Commandment of strict monotheism>keep having pagan in offices, specially the ones dedicated or linked to religious affairs>develop numerous theories trying to syncretize their ancestors' gods with christianity>[Jupiter (lit. "Father Heaven") = God the Father / Metatron / Archangel Saint Michael / Zadkiel, etc.]Does someone knows what was going through the minds of this emperors in those times? There seems to be too much (unnecessary) religious schizophrenia to govern an empire properly.
>>18757220the ancient mind was so radically removed from ours that it's impossible to understand in a modern context.
>damnatio memoriae on aurelianwhat did the senate mean by this?
>>18757273*Aurelian.The Senate were a bunch of useless social parasites.
>>18757225From which perspective were they so radically different?
>>18757220They're being pragmatic, you can't just get rid of centuries old traditions overnight >>18757225Not really lmao
Was there any emperor who was deified before being damnatio'ed?
