Avete, Sodales Omnes -
When emperors were deified, this was shown by adding the epithet DIVVS to their names. It seems to be always the same adjective, divus, which in English is commonly translated as "god".
But the form makes me wonder. Wasn't the meaning a shade different, meaning more "divine" in some respect, rather than actually identifying the former emperor as a new deity?
Has this been discussed here before?
Valete.