In the wake of the Republic's collapse, state religion had adapted to support the new regime of the emperors. Augustus, the first Roman emperor, justified the novelty of one-man rule with a vast program of religious revivalism and reform. Public vows formerly made for the security of the republic now were directed at the wellbeing of the emperor. So-called "emperor worship" expanded on a grand scale the traditional Roman veneration of the ancestral dead and of the Genius, the divine tutelary of every individual. Imperial cult became one of the major ways in which Rome advertised its presence in the provinces and cultivated shared cultural identity and loyalty throughout the Empire. Rejection of the state religion was tantamount to treason. This was the context for Rome's conflict with Christianity, which Romans variously regarded as a form of atheism and novel superstitio. COUNT 5
QSN1 After the Republic collapsed,  what addition was made to the religions of Rome? ANS1 emperors QSN2 Who was the first Roman emperor? ANS2 Augustus QSN3 For whose well being were public vows made in the empire? ANS3 emperor QSN4 What did the Romans use as a means of expanding their rule throughout the empire? ANS4 Imperial cult QSN5 As what during the time of the Roman empire  was rejection of the state religion viewed? ANS5 treason