Why Did Vespasian Allow the Imperial Cult to Emerge Only

question 6

Multiple Choice

Why did Vespasian allow the imperial cult to emerge only in the provinces beyond Italy and not in Italy itself?

• A) The imperial cult would have upset traditional Roman sensibilities.
• B) Vespasian sought to use the imperial cult to suppress the new religion of Christianity that was spreading in the Near East.
• C) The Hellenistic regions of the Roman Empire in North Africa and the Near East were more open to emperor worship than Italy or Greece.
• D) He recognized that imposing an imperial cult predicated on submission to the emperor would help put down rebellions outside of Italy.

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