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Shaping a Legend: The Evolution of Trajan’s Reputation

Roman Empire Times 12 Jan 2025
Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0The Making of a Model Emperor ... This command, though modest, positioned him for crucial roles during Domitian’s reign, including aiding the emperor during Saturninus’ rebellion.
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Whispers on the Walls: Graffiti as a Voice of Ancient Rome

Roman Empire Times 04 Jan 2025
A striking example comes from Suetonius, who recounts public dissatisfaction with Emperor Domitian’s penchant for excessive building projects.
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What Gladiator II Captures About This American Political Moment

Time 20 Dec 2024
This sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic substitutes the brother emperors Caracalla and Geta for the original’s Commodus, modeling them not only on him, but on a host of Rome’s other reputedly bloodthirsty despots like Caligula, Nero, and Domitian.
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What Happened to Jesus’s Twelve Apostles?

Colombia One 19 Dec 2024
He remained there from 81 to 96 AD, during the reign of Emperor Domitian, and it was here that he had the visions recorded in the Book of Revelation.
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‘Shameless Beyond the Curse of Shamelessness’

Quillette 12 Dec 2024
It was still being used as a dumping ground for inconvenient women in 95 AD when the emperor Domitian exiled his niece Flavia Domitilla to Pandateria, allegedly for converting to Judaism ... The summer of 2 BC was a significant milestone for the emperor.
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Dining with Domitian and the Enigma of Domitian’s Black Dinner

Roman Empire Times 11 Dec 2024
This was not just a meal—it was a chilling spectacle orchestrated by Emperor Domitian himself, a ruler as infamous for his paranoia as for his theatrical flair ... A possible representation of the Roman Emperor Domitian posing as God Jupiter.
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Emperor Domitian: Tyrant or Reformer?

Roman Empire Times 04 Dec 2024
A painting of the Apocalypse, depicting Emperor Domitian on the left and Saint John in a boiling cauldron on the right, by Albrecht Dürer ... Ancient Roman coin with Emperor Domitian ... (The Emperor Domitian, by Brian W.
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From Soldier to Sovereign: The Rise and Reign of Vespasian

Roman Empire Times 29 Nov 2024
The death of Nero in 68 CE plunged the Roman Empire into chaos, marking the beginning of a turbulent period known as the Year of the Four Emperors ... His reign, along with those of his sons Titus and Domitian, marked the beginning of a new era.
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Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows

Ancient Origins 28 Nov 2024
This is rather like the way the real Emperor Geta (played by Joseph ... Emperor Domitian apparently erected so many triumphal arches in the city that someone wrote “It is enough” in Greek on one of them.
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How graffiti was a powerful form of protest in ancient Rome

Alternet 25 Nov 2024
This is rather like the way the real Emperor Geta (played by Joseph ... Emperor Domitian apparently erected so many triumphal arches in the city that someone wrote “It is enough” in Greek on one of them.
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The Roman Poet of Sharp Words: Martial and his Rome

Roman Empire Times 24 Nov 2024
Domitian and ... He was honored with an honorary tribunate from one of the Flavian emperors and received the ius trium liberorum (a privilege for fathers of three children) from both Titus and Domitian.
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The Spiraling Legacy of Trajan's Column: Art, Propaganda, and Power

Roman Empire Times 20 Nov 2024
Roman Emperor Trajan statue detail ... Skilled in metallurgy and warfare, they had gained military experience during their conflicts with Emperor Domitian's legions, acquiring Roman war machines and expertise through force or bribery.
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Herodes Atticus: A Bridge Between Greek Heritage and Roman Power

Roman Empire Times 09 Nov 2024
His grandfather, Hipparchus, one of the wealthiest men in the Roman Empire, was accused of tyranny by Emperor Domitian, leading to the confiscation of his vast fortune—and possibly his life ... Emperor Marcus Aurelius ... Emperor Hadrian.
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New Book by Michael Menasgotz Presents an Historical Analysis Challenging the Origins of Christianity – ...

GetNews 25 Oct 2024
Menasgotz claims to explain how the third Flavian Emperor, Domitian, intervened to make the Gospels promote God being threefold, which, as with the rest of his work, builds on that of Joe Atwill.
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From Ancient Rome to Persia, Eunuchs Led Armies and Were Powerbrokers

Ancient Origins 23 Oct 2024
They are often portrayed in Roman texts as being in the company of “bad” emperors such as the supposedly cruel and narcissistic Domitian – even though he forbade the practice of making eunuchs.

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