To the characteristic of the ancient roman cult of the emperor. Review on the monograph: I. Gradel. Emperor worship and roman religion (Oxford classical monographs). Oxford University Press, 2004. 428 p

The article is a review on the monograph of the historian of religions Itai Gradel “Te cult of the emperor and the Roman religion”. Te imperial cult was, along with politics and diplomacy, one of the main components of the existence of the Roman Empire. In his work, Gradel shows that Augustus, like other emperors, in Rome and Italy during their lifetime was worshiped as a god, but only in a private and not in a state cult