🖼️00Read later0Read MoreA Cult Grew Around the First Emperor of Rome in 27 B.C. A New Book Argues His Followers Might Have Created the Template for ChristianityLatest articles | smithsonianmag.com·about 11 hours ago#ZhVNGa1O#smithsonianmagarticles#smithsonianmag#augustus#whitmarsh#empire+5 more🧰Tag tools✨Add tagAugustus was seen as a descendant of the gods who would go on to redefine authority. New research posits that his rule paved the way for Jesus15s
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