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Turkey > Selcuk > Ephesus Museum > Hall of the Emperors cult Hall of the Emperors cult Hall of the Emperors cult Section 4 on 4 Ephesus Museum Etruscan and Roman Antiquities Area related : Selcuk Open daily excepted monday The Emperor cult never wholly became a religion. This cult principally was an institution aiming to create solidarity and security among the people within the boundaries of the Roman Empire, regardless of language, culture and religion. See the tabloid Classification by : names artists type places periods Description    It was an honorable privilege for a city to attain Neocoros, which meant that the Emperor permitted to the people to build a temple for the Emperor cult. On his visit to Ephesus in 29 B.C., Emperor August permitted the construction of Dea Roma and Divius Julius Caesar Temples on the Eastern Prytaneion. Against its competitors Pargamon and Smyrna, Ephesus maintained its respectalility as Neocoros for a long time during the years of below listed emperors : Domitianus (81/96) Hadrianus (117/138) Caracalla - Geta (211/212) Elagabalus (212/222) Site's content       Sculpture : Bas-relief (8) Buste (3) Haut-relief (2) Statue (3) Statue monumentale Tête (6) Place(s) related    Roman Portrait Art (Musée archéologique d'Istanbul) Ephesus Item(s) related    Ephesus : Temple of Hadrian Premier bloc de la frise du temple d'Hadrien à Ephèse Quatrième bloc de la frise du temple d'Hadrien à Ephèse Second bloc de la frise du temple d'Hadrien à Ephèse Troisième bloc de la frise du temple d'Hadrien à Ephèse The site is the exclusive owner of the structure and the contents. The works on-line are subjected to Intellectual Property Legislations. Insecula is a Thai company based in Pattaya - Chonburi 20260 - Thailand. It is forbidden to use this website for any purpose other than personal use. None of the content of this website may be reproduced, copied, used, communicated to the public or transmitted. Design : Studio AK Contact for insecula : insecula@gmail.com New destinations 2011 : Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - Qin Mausoleum at Xi'ian - Luang Prabang - Songkran in Thailand - Calcutta - Kolkata - Caves of Ajanta - Caves of Elephanta - Goa - Gwailor - Jaipur - Jodhpur - Khajurâho - Mandu - Mumbai - Orchhâ - Udaipur - Ujjain - Bhaktapur - Durbar Square at Kathmandu - Hanuman Dhoka Palace - Kathmandu - Pashupatinath Temple - Swayambhunath - Aspendos - Antalya Museum - Cappadocia : Göreme - Selime - Zelve - Dalyan - Kaunos - Fethiye - Telmessos - Gocek - Kalkan - Kekova - Kaleköy - Ucagiz - Knidos(Cnidus) - Limyra - Marmaris - Myra (Demre - Kale) - Olympos - Chimaera - Patara - Perge (Perga) - Saklikent Gorge - Side - Termessos - Tlos - Hassan II Mosque (Casablanca) - Volubilis - Shwedagon Pagoda Ephesus Museum Etruscan and Roman Antiquities Hall of hillside houses (25) Hall of the Emperors cult (23) Hall of the fountains (27) Salle des découvertes récentes (18) Greek Antiquities Courtyard (19) Hall of Artemis (20) Hall of tombs (11)