Imperial cult of ancient Rome Scipio Africanus' time. The Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucids claimed godhood as long as they lasted; they may have been influenced in this by the Persian and Egyptian traditions of divine kings – although the Ptolemies had separate cults in Egyptian polytheism, as Pharaoh, and in the Greek. Not all Greek dynasties made the same claims; the descendants of Demetrius, who were kings of Macedon and dominated the mainland of Greece, did not claim godhead or worship Alexander (cf. Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great). The Roman magistrates who conquered the Greek world were fitted into this tradition; games
Irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka to 367 BC. It is said that he had three tanks built, namely "Abhaya weva", "Gamini weva", and "Jaya weva", yet, presently, only one tank named "Basawakkulama weva" can be identified. After King Pandukabhaya, King Parakramabahu I had many tanks built, with one large tank called "Parakrama samudraya" still providing water for agriculture. It can be said that many rulers of Sri Lanka contributed to the development and construction of tanks all over the "Raja Rata" (Northern part of the country). Irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka The irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka, the earliest dating from about 300