Augusteum
An Augusteum was originally a site of imperial cult in ancient Roman religion, named after the imperial title of Augustus. It was known as a Sebasteion in the Greek East of the Roman Empire. Examples have been excavated in Sebaste/Samaria, Constantinople, Aphrodisias, Antioch, Cartagena and Ankara.
Since the 18th century, the term has also been used for certain academic and cultural buildings, such as the Augustea in Leipzig, Oldenburg and Wittenberg.In the 2010 movie Eat Pray Love, the main character, Liz Gilbert, played by Julia Roberts, mentions the Augusteum in a letter back home to her boyfriend.
