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what if your ruler could become a god
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after death in the shadowy corridors of
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ancient rome this was no myth it was law
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imagine marble temples rising overnight
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priests and flowing toas chanting the
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name of a dead emperor incense curling
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into the night sky thick with mystery
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the senate draped in crimson and gold
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would convene to decide if a fallen
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emperor deserved a place among the gods
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if chosen his image was paraded through
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the city streets and a wooden eagle
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symbolizing the soul was released to
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soar into the heavens marking his divine
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ascent citizens were commanded to
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worship him his statue standing proudly
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beside jupiter and mars some emperors
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like augustus earned eternal fame and
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divine cults that spread across the
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empire others like caligula brazenly
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demanded godhood while still alive
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plunging rome into chaos and fear
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temples sacrifices and grand festivals
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honored these new gods blurring the line
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between mortal and divine what dark
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secrets did these rituals conceal why
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did rome insist its emperors become gods
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