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After the Roman conquest of Egypt, the Egyptians started to venerate the reigning Roman emperor as pharaoh. What did the emperors think about that practice? Did any emperor officially adopt the title of Pharaoh?

by /u/Maurus39 in /r/AskHistorians

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