Question by gomisterg2003: Which Cesar of Rome had himself declared a god while he was alive, hd a statue made of himself & used Roman Ar?
I thought I knew the answer after watching a documentary, but wikipedia.org and a brief internet search, did not confirm what I thought happened after watching the documentary.

Here is what I thought:

Around 41 AD or 62 or 64 AD Caligula (who was murdered by the Praetorian Guard in 41 AD) or Nero Cesar had himself declared a god by the Roman Senate, had statues of himself made and installed in temples throughout the Empire and sent 5,000 troops to Palestine/Israel to put the statue in the Jewish Temple on the Mount in Jerusalem. They were defeated.

I then thought that Claudius Cesar sent 10,000 troops and in 68 AD, destroyed the Jewish Temple on the Mount in Jerusalem, slaughtered 150,000 Jews including 5,000 men, women & children on the Temple grounds.

But Caligula was murdered in 41 AD, Claudius was poisoned by Nero’s agents in 54 AD.

So Nero MUST be the Roman Emperor who used his legions to install the statue of himself in Jerusalem.

Nero was ousted in 68. Nero died/ committed suicide with help on 9 June 68.

So, did Nero destroy the Temple in Jerusalem or did his successor? OH, I found out it was a Roman General, the future Emperor Titus in 70 AD. With 70,000 troops and aid from Titus’s 2nd in command,

Vespasian became Emperor of Rome (Cesar) on July 01, 69 AD and his son, Titus (Latin: Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus) was the name Titus assumed as Roman Emperor on or about June 24, 79 Ad.

So, Titus as General of the 70,000 Roman troops, captured and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple at the beginning of August, 70 AD and finished destroying the city by the middle or end of September, 70 AD.

Did I get it right?

Where can I find out which Cesar, or if, had himself declared a god while still alive.

What is the truth?

Best answer:

Answer by ohiojimm
Caligula did declare himself a god and walked through the streets of Rome as other gods.

http://www.roman-colosseum.info/roman-emperors/caligula.htm

He also erected a statue of himself in Jerusalem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula

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