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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
ARK615 - Roman Imperial Cult and Neocorate II. SEMESTER 2 +2 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. HÜSEYİN SABRİ ALANYALI
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources M. Clauss, Kaiser und Gott. Herrscherkult im römischen Reich (2001); S. Mitchell, The Imperial Temple at Ankara and the Res Gestae of the Emperor Augustus – Ankara’daki Roma İmparatorluğu Tapınağı ve İmparator Augustus’un Başarılarının Yazıtı (2008); S. R. F. Price, Rituel ve İktidar (2004); 2013; 1546. T. Pekàry, Das Römische Kaiserbilnis ın Staat, Kult und Gesellschaft (1985); R. Turcan, The Cults of the Roman Empire (1997); 1978. H. Thür (Ed.), “… und verschönerte die Stadt …” Ein ephesischer Priester des Kaiserkultes in seinem Umfeld (1997); 2125. W. Wohlmayr, Kaisersaal. Kultanlagen der Augustalen und munizipiale Einrichtungen für das Herrscherhaus in Italien (2004).
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 The deification of rulers: Mesopotamia - Egypt - Anatolia.
Week - 2 The deification of rulers and Imperial Cult.
Week - 3 The acceptance of emperors as gods in Rome: Caesar and Augustus
Week - 4 Imperial Culture and Divine Emperors in Anatolia
Week - 5 Veneration of Dea Roma and Augustus in Anatolia
Week - 6 Iulius Claudius, Trajan, and Hadrian Imperial Cults
Week - 7 Temple of Ankyra Augustus and Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Week - 8 Cult of Traian and Hadiran in Anatolia; Pergmon - Ephesus - Tarsus - Cyzicus
Week - 9 Anatolian Imperial Cultural Priests
Week - 10 Comparison of god worship and Emperor Cult in Anatolia
Week - 11 Sharing the temples of the gods with the emperor in Anatolia
Week - 12 Honoring God Emperors in different structures
Week - 13 The Structuring of the Imperial Cult in Anatolia in the Late Roman Period
Week - 14 Reflection of the Imperial Cult on Christianity

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