Once we detach Revelation from the idea of a non-existent, lethal persecution under Domitian, so much falls into place. Bust of Roman emperor Domitian. Musée du Louvre, Paris. (photo: Photo: Sailko, ...
The two sons of Vespasian Titus and Domitian (ruled 79 – 81 AD, and 81 – 96 AD respectively) could not have been more different as emperors. Although Titus had a reputation for ruthlessness, he would ...
Domitian, born as Titus Flavius Domitian in 51 A.D., was the last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, ruling the Roman Empire from 81 A.D. until his death in 96 A.D. He was the son of Vespasian and ...
Moving beyond the methodological issues of a literary-based reassessment of the reign of the last Flavian emperor, this article re-reads the principate of Domitian in light of fresh epigraphic and ...
Roman Emperor Domitian is remembered for only one joke. “It’s a terrible thing to be an emperor,” Domitian said, “because everything thinks your paranoia about being assassinated is groundless—until ...
The "quest for the historical Domitian" provides a good example of the problems a historian has to grapple with, especially when the sources are very limited and biased and a strong tradition to ...
On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Hegesippus, a chronicler of early Church history. Only a few fragments of his work survive. Eusebius, the Father of Church History, includes one of them, the ...
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the entire first season of “Those About to Die,” now streaming on Peacock. In the underbelly of Rome in Peacock’s swords-and-sandals epic “Those About to ...
The two sons of Vespasian Titus and Domitian (ruled 79 – 81 AD, and 81 – 96 AD respectively) could not have been more different as emperors. Although Titus had a reputation for ruthlessness, he would ...
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