To the imperial regime, it was vital to accentuate the favour of the gods, as well as glorifying the ancestral figures and past of Rome, and so overcome the disorder of the civil wars that had plagued the state for over 50 years.
The imperial regime sought to emphasize religious devotion, ancestral reverence, and historical continuity as a means to quell the chaos of the civil wars that had plagued Rome for over 50 years.