title: The Roman Imperial Cult  Emperor Anastasius I: A Practical Manual for the Worship of the Divine Emperor (Volume 1)
author:  Marcus Cassius Julianus 
description: Marcus Cassius Julianus is the founder of the Julian Society, Co-Founder of Nova Roma, and the founder and Senate President of Byzantium Novum. He has founded numerous Internet resources for the modern practice of ancient religion, including the Mithraeum website, and the Mithras List on Yahoo Groups. Marcus Cassius Julianus lives in Maine, and in addition to his work to revive various aspects of the Roman world he runs a printing business, is a dealer in ancient coins and artifacts, and is an avid treasure hunter. He maintains that ancient history is the greatest treasure of all, however, as it is filled with forgotten knowledge and spirituality still waiting to be rediscovered.
zlib_text: MARC US AURE LIUS AN TO N IN US TH E  RO MAN
  E MPE RO R
  
  B O O K S
  INTRODUCTION
  HIS FIRST BOOK
  THE SECOND BOOK
  THE THIRD BOOK
  THE FOURTH BOOK
  THE FIFTH BOOK
  THE SIX TH BOOK
  THE SEVENTH BOOK
  THE EIGHTH BOOK
  THE NINTH BOOK
  THE TENTH BOOK
  THE ELEVENTH BOOK
  THE TWELFTH BOOK
  APPENDIX
  NOTES
  GLOSSARY
  
  IN TRO DUC TIO N
  MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS was born on April 26, A.D. 121.
  His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a noble family
  which claimed descent from Numa, second King of Rome. Thus the most
  religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings.
  His father, Annius Verus, had held high office in Rome, and his grandfather,
  of the same name, had been thrice Consul. Both his parents died young, but
  Marcus held them in loving remembrance. On his father's death Marcus was
  adopted by his grandfather, the consular Annius Verus, and there was deep
  love between these two. On the very first page of his book Marcus
  gratefully declares how of his grandfather he had l