Ancient Near Eastern forms of monarchy getting oversimplified every freakin' time:pic.twitter.com/W3oVTXN77K
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Just checked your post on the imperial cult explaining that only dead emperors became gods I was about to joke that Roman emperors didn't count because technically they weren't kings, but technically they weren't gods either!
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There's a funny bit in Suetonius' Life of Vespasian which makes this point neatly, that Vespasian (the emperor) as he was dying, joked "Alas, I seem to be becoming a god!" (Suet. Vesp. 23.4). Vespasian was known for his sense of humor.
