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Domitian ruled Rome for fifteen years, longer than many emperors who won gentler reputations. He restored temples, strengthened imperial authority, watched the frontiers, paid the army, built magnificently, and treated the throne as a serious instrument of power.
Yet Rome remembered him as a tyrant.
The younger son of Vespasian and brother of Titus, Domitian inherited the Flavian dynasty after years of being overlooked, restricted, and overshadowed. He came to power determined never again to be secondary. His reign brought discipline, majesty, religious restoration, moral enforcement, and administrative energy. It also brought suspicion, fear, informers, senatorial humiliation, and a palace atmosphere that eventually turned deadly.
This book examines Domitian not as a simple monster, nor as a misunderstood hero, but as one of the most revealing emperors in Roman history. He was capable, intelligent, severe, and dangerous. He understood the army, the weakness of senatorial pretence, the fragility of succession, and the hard realities of imperial power. But he mistook obedience for trust and fear for security.
From the violence of the Year of the Four Emperors to the rise of the Flavian house, from the shadow of Titus to the grandeur of the Palatine palace, from the German and Dacian frontiers to the Senate’s posthumous condemnation, Domitian’s life exposes the central danger of Roman monarchy: the empire could function outwardly while fear corroded its political heart.
When Domitian was assassinated in AD 96, the Flavian dynasty ended with him. Rome moved on to Nerva and Trajan, but the warning remained. Domitian had shown that a ruler could build, govern, command, restore, and still be remembered above all for fear.
DOMITIAN: The Last of the Flavians is a serious, readable account of power, paranoia, imperial majesty, and the price of ruling Rome without trust.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Domitian ruled Rome for fifteen years, longer than many emperors who won gentler reputations. He restored temples, strengthened imperial authority, watched the frontiers, paid the army, built magnificently, and treated the throne as a serious instrument of power. Yet Rome remembered him as a tyrant. The younger son of Vespasian and brother of Titus, Domitian inherited the Flavian dynasty after years of being overlooked, restricted, and overshadowed. He came to power determined never again to be secondary. His reign brought discipline, majesty, religious restoration, moral enforcement, and administrative energy. It also brought suspicion, fear, informers, senatorial humiliation, and a palace atmosphere that eventually turned deadly. This book examines Domitian not as a simple monster, nor as a misunderstood hero, but as one of the most revealing emperors in Roman history. He was capable, intelligent, severe, and dangerous. He understood the army, the weakness of senatorial pretence, the fragility of succession, and the hard realities of imperial power. But he mistook obedience for trust and fear for security. From the violence of the Year of the Four Emperors to the rise of the Flavian house, from the shadow of Titus to the grandeur of the Palatine palace, from the German and Dacian frontiers to the Senate's posthumous condemnation, Domitian's life exposes the central danger of Roman monarchy: the empire could function outwardly while fear corroded its political heart. When Domitian was assassinated in AD 96, the Flavian dynasty ended with him. Rome moved on to Nerva and Trajan, but the warning remained. Domitian had shown that a ruler could build, govern, command, restore, and still be remembered above all for fear. DOMITIAN: The Last of the Flavians is a serious, readable account of power, paranoia, imperial majesty, and the price of ruling Rome without trust. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798199472227
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Domitian ruled Rome for fifteen years, longer than many emperors who won gentler reputations. He restored temples, strengthened imperial authority, watched the frontiers, paid the army, built magnificently, and treated the throne as a serious instrument of power. Yet Rome remembered him as a tyrant. The younger son of Vespasian and brother of Titus, Domitian inherited the Flavian dynasty after years of being overlooked, restricted, and overshadowed. He came to power determined never again to be secondary. His reign brought discipline, majesty, religious restoration, moral enforcement, and administrative energy. It also brought suspicion, fear, informers, senatorial humiliation, and a palace atmosphere that eventually turned deadly. This book examines Domitian not as a simple monster, nor as a misunderstood hero, but as one of the most revealing emperors in Roman history. He was capable, intelligent, severe, and dangerous. He understood the army, the weakness of senatorial pretence, the fragility of succession, and the hard realities of imperial power. But he mistook obedience for trust and fear for security. From the violence of the Year of the Four Emperors to the rise of the Flavian house, from the shadow of Titus to the grandeur of the Palatine palace, from the German and Dacian frontiers to the Senate's posthumous condemnation, Domitian's life exposes the central danger of Roman monarchy: the empire could function outwardly while fear corroded its political heart. When Domitian was assassinated in AD 96, the Flavian dynasty ended with him. Rome moved on to Nerva and Trajan, but the warning remained. Domitian had shown that a ruler could build, govern, command, restore, and still be remembered above all for fear. DOMITIAN: The Last of the Flavians is a serious, readable account of power, paranoia, imperial majesty, and the price of ruling Rome without trust. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798199472227
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