The paper presents a summary of the early cults located in the Colonia Iulia Emona, whose foundation
is attributed to the initiative of Octavian in the years after 33 B.C. Albeit the archaeological records
quite scarce, the epigraphic evidence allows us, instead, to offer some thoughts about the role of Iuppiter
Optimus Maximus, Aecorna (non-Roman deity) and Hercules in the pantheon of the city’s first imperial
age.
