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Among the Emperor's titles was "Pontifex Maximus", a pagan title still in use today.

• petralithic 1y ago
  Augustus did this first, to legitimize his rule as both head of state and head of the faith. Before that it was two separate people.
  • smitty1e 1y ago
    Had read somewhere that Julius, too, claimed this.
    • petralithic 1y ago
      First emperor that did this, per the comment I was replying to
• mongol 1y ago
  I sometimes wonder if it is the oldest title still in use