 A large number of dedications then occur under Septimius Severus ("r." 193-211) and Caracalla ("r." 198-217), which represents the high point of the cult.A once-held idea that the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus received imperial support, in particular from the Severan dynasts (who were of Syrian-African descent), is no longer followed.Another older notion that Jupiter Dolichenus was the tutelary divinity of the army is also obsolete.