Death Quote by Neil MacGregor

“only two people known by name were also called “Son of God.” One was the Roman emperor—starting with Octavian, or Caesar Augustus—and the other…

— Bart D. Ehrman

“Letter from Philippus of Athens to Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Yet the Empire of Rome that [Octavius] created has endured the harshness of a Tiberius,…

— John Williams

“It is important to remember that the emperor of Rome, who also lived in the city, was understood by many people throughout the empire…

— Bart D. Ehrman

Augustus was sensible that mankind is governed by names; nor was he deceived in his expectation, that the senate and people would submit to…

— Edward Gibbon

“For the first advent of our Lord in the flesh, when he was born in Bethlehem, eight days before the kalends of January [December…

— Anonymous

I do, Augustus. I do.

— John Green

“It is no great hermeneutic feat to recognize that Rome crucified Jesus because of His claim to be king. The charge was posted over…

— Christopher Gorton

“If all this sounds familiar to Christian readers, it should. This man—here, the emperor—is a god whose birthday is to be celebrated because it…

— Bart D. Ehrman

“Jove, or Jupiter, was the Roman counterpart of the Greek's Zeus, and like Zeus was regarded as chief among the gods. When the Romans…

— Merriam-Webster

“The time when Christianity arose, with its exalted claims about Jesus, was the same time when the emperor cult had started to move into…

— Bart D. Ehrman

“While Agrippa never ruled in his own right his genes were intermingled in the blood of the Domus Augusta and it was his descendants…

— Lindsay Powell

In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as being the…

— William Herschel