title: The Imperial Cult in Late Roman Religion (ca. A.D. 244–395): Observations on the Epigraphy
abstract: The imperial cult was a conventional feature of urban political and religious life in the later Roman empire. It was observed continuously throughout the politically troubled era of the usurpers in the later third century, and afterward under the Tetrarchy and Constantinian, Valentinian and Theodosian dynasties. A considerable number of historical texts and inscriptions indicate the status of the imperial cult between two significant dates, A.D. 244, when Philip the Arab was raised to the imperi