Domitian

About Domitian

Who is it?: Roman Emperor
Birth Day: October 24, 1951
Birth Place: Rome, Ancient Roman
Died On: 18 September 96(96-09-18) (aged 44)\nRome
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Reign: 14 September 81 – 18 September 96 (15 years)
Predecessor: Titus
Successor: Nerva
Burial: Rome
Wife: Domitia Longina (70–96)
Issue: son (80–83)
Full name: Full name Titus Flavius Domitianus (from birth to 69); Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus (from 69 to accession); Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus (as emperor); Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus (imperial name) Titus Flavius Domitianus (from birth to 69); Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus (from 69 to accession); Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus (as emperor); Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus (imperial name)
Dynasty: Flavian
Father: Vespasian
Mother: Domitilla

Domitian Net Worth

Domitian was born on October 24, 1951 in Rome, Ancient Roman, is Roman Emperor. Domitian was the third and last Roman Emperor of the Flavian dynasty who succeeded his brother, Emperor Titus. Youngest and clearly the less favoured son, Domitian was raised under the shadow of his brother and had little knowledge about administration and military skills. Despite holding important position under his brother’s rule, Domitian’s role was largely ceremonious. It was after Titus’ death in 81 AD that Domitian assumed an authoritative role as the Roman Emperor. His reign had peace and stability but was marked by paranoia and fear. He was hated by the aristocracy so much so that his term in office was popularly regarded by the senate members as the reign of terror. Domitian regarded himself as an enlightened despot - reformer of morals and religion. He believed that he was chosen to guide the Roman Empire into a new era and due to the same, insisted on being called ‘Lord’ or ‘God’. As for his administrative skills, Domitian successfully strengthened the economy, expanded the border defences and initiated a massive building program to restore the damaged city of Rome. Paranoid as he was yet Domitian could not alter the fate of being assassinated by his own court officials. After his death, his memory was condemned by the Roman Senate and he was written off as a cruel and paranoid tyrant.
Domitian is a member of Historical Personalities

💰 Net worth: Under Review

Some Domitian images

Famous Quotes:

He was tall of stature, with a modest expression and a high colour. His eyes were large, but his sight was somewhat dim. He was handsome and graceful too, especially when a young man, and indeed in his whole body with the exception of his feet, the toes of which were somewhat cramped. In later life he had the further disfigurement of baldness, a protruding belly, and spindling legs, though the latter had become thin from a long illness.

Biography/Timeline

1894

Over the course of the 20th century, Domitian's military, administrative and economic policies were re-evaluated. Hostile views of Domitian had been propagated until archeological and numismatic advances brought renewed attention to his reign, and necessitated a revision of the literary tradition established by Tacitus and Pliny. It would be nearly a hundred years after Stéphane Gsell's 1894 Essai sur le règne de l'empereur Domitien however, before any new, book-length studies were published.

1930

In 1930, Ronald Syme argued for a complete reassessment of Domitian's financial policy, which had been largely viewed as a disaster. His economic program, which was rigorously efficient, maintained the Roman currency at a standard it would never again achieve.

1948

Decades of civil war during the 1st century BC had contributed greatly to the demise of the old aristocracy of Rome, which a new Italian nobility gradually replaced in prominence during the early part of the 1st century. One such family, the Flavians, or gens Flavia, rose from relative obscurity to prominence in just four generations, acquiring wealth and status under the emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Domitian's great-grandfather, Titus Flavius Petro, had served as a centurion under Pompey during Caesar's civil war. His military career ended in disgrace when he fled the battlefield at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC.

1981

Despite his vilification by contemporary historians, Domitian's administration provided the foundation for the Principate of the peaceful 2nd century. His successors Nerva and Trajan were less restrictive, but in reality their policies differed little from his. Much more than a "gloomy coda to the...1st century", the Roman Empire prospered between 81 and 96, in a reign that Theodor Mommsen described as a somber but intelligent despotism.

1992

The first of these was Jones' 1992 The Emperor Domitian. He concludes that Domitian was a ruthless but efficient autocrat. For the majority of his reign, there was no widespread dissatisfaction with his policies. His harshness was limited to a highly vocal minority, who exaggerated his despotism in favor of the Nervan-Antonian dynasty that followed. His foreign policy was realistic, rejecting expansionist warfare and negotiating peace at a time when Roman military tradition dictated aggressive conquest. Persecution of religious minorities, such as Jews and Christians, was non-existent.

2010

Other influential 2nd century authors include Juvenal and Pliny the Younger, the latter of whom was a friend of Tacitus and in 100 delivered his famous Panegyricus Traiani before Trajan and the Roman Senate, exalting the new era of restored freedom while condemning Domitian as a tyrant. Juvenal savagely satirized the Domitianic court in his Satires, depicting the Emperor and his entourage as corrupt, violent and unjust. As a consequence, the anti-Domitianic tradition was already well established by the end of the 2nd century, and by the 3rd century, even expanded upon by early Church historians, who identified Domitian as an early persecutor of Christians, such as in the Acts of John.

2013

Tacitus' major historical works, including The Histories and Agricola's biography, were all written and published under Domitian's successors Nerva (96–98) and Trajan (98–117). Unfortunately, the part of Tacitus' Histories dealing with the reign of the Flavian dynasty is almost entirely lost. His views on Domitian survive through brief comments in its first five books, and the short but highly negative characterization in Agricola in which he severely criticizes Domitian's military endeavours. Nevertheless, Tacitus admits his debt to the Flavians with regard to his own public career.

2014

Dio included Domitia Longina among the conspirators, but in light of her attested devotion to Domitian—even years after her husband had died—her involvement in the plot seems highly unlikely. The precise involvement of the Praetorian Guard is unclear. One of the guard's commanders, Titus Petronius Secundus, was almost certainly aware of the plot. The other, Titus Flavius Norbanus, the former governor of Raetia, was a member of Domitian's family.