Which two people were deified after their deaths in rome?

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Far more than two Roman people were deified after their deaths: 45 Romans were deified. Julius Caesar was the first person who was deified. After that it was quite common to deify dead emperors: 34 emperors were deified. In addition to this, two usurper emperors (Piso Frugi and Victorinus) and two wives of emperors were deified: Livia (Augustus's wife) and Faustina (Antoninus Pius' wife). Hadrian deified his lover, Antinous, after his premature death. The emperor Domitian deified his son, whose name is unknown.

The emperors who were deified were: Augustus, Claudius, Titus, Nerva, Trajan, Antoninus Pius, Hadrian, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Pertinax, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Alexander Severus, Geta, Caracalla, Gordian I, Gordian II, Gordian III, Phillip the Arab, Philip II, Decius, Herennius Etruscus, Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius II ( Gothicus), Aurelian, Marcus Aurelius Probus, Carus, Numerian, Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, Constantius I (Chlorus).

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