Streszczenie
This chapter discusses the issue of the imperial cult on the Iberian
Peninsula at the beginnig of the principate. In the first part of the
chapter, the stages of development of the imperial cult in the Iberian
Peninsula are briefly described. Its main centre was located in Tarraco,
the capital city of Hither Spain. Two other provinces – Baetica and
Lusitania followed in its footsteps. In the second part, epigraphic
and numismatic evidence showing the Iberians’ attitude towards emperor
worship are analysed. The author tries to prove that the creation
of emperor rituals in the whole Peninsula was dominated by the initiative
of the Iberians themsleves.