One Greek source says: “Accustomed as they were to according divine honours to a king during his lifetime, the Hellenes [Greeks] of the eastern Empire happily accorded cultic honours to the Roman emperors too...
Üks kreeka allikas ütleb: „Harjunud kuningaid nende eluajal austama kui jumalaid, võtsid idapoolse impeeriumi hellenid [kreeklased] tõrkumata omaks ka Rooma keisrite kultuse...