One of the best Greco-Roman sites in all of Turkey is Aphrodisias, and if you have read the most recent issue of BAR you will know it was not just a site for pagans, but also Jews and Christians lived there as well.  Today one of the great additions to the site is the new wing of the museum which displays the findings from the Sebastion, the temple and shrine to the Emperors. There is little question but that the Emperor cult was on the rise in the first century A.D. and like Christianity it touted the worship of a historical human being of recent or current human acquaintance.   Here are some of the images from Aphrodisias (immediately below is a scribe in full toga with his inkpot in hand).

You can picture him sitting under his pomegranite tree (see below) and taking notes from his patron in the shade on a hot day.

The chart above shows the names of the countries which sent tribute to the Caesars at Aphrodisias.

A model always helps and here is a model of the monumental entrances to the city, the city gate if you will.