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*”domitian” (/dəˈmɪʃən, –iən/; Latin: Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was “roman emperor” from 81 to 96*
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(he was the younger brother of ‘Titus’ and son of Vespasian, his two predecessors on the throne, and the last member of the ‘flavian dynasty’)
(during his reign, his authoritarian rule put him at sharp odds with the ‘senate’, whose powers he drastically curtailed)
(after the death of his brother, ‘domitian’ was declared emperor by the ‘Praetorian Guard’)
(his 15-year reign was the longest since that of ‘tiberius’)
(as emperor, ‘domitian’ strengthened the economy by revaluing the roman coinage, expanded the border defenses of the empire, and initiated a massive building program to restore the damaged city of ‘rome’)
(significant wars were fought in ‘britain’, where his general ‘agricola’ attempted to conquer ‘caledonia’ (aka ‘scotland’), and in ‘dacia’, where ‘domitian’ was unable to procure a decisive victory against ‘king decebalus’)
(domitian’s government exhibited totalitarian characteristics; he saw himself as the new ‘augustus’, an enlightened despot destined to guide the ‘roman empire’ into a new era of brilliance)
(religious, military, and cultural propaganda fostered a ‘cult of personality’, and by nominating himself ‘perpetual censor’, he sought to control public and private morals)
(as a consequence, ‘domitian’ was popular with the people and army, but considered a tyrant by members of the ‘Roman Senate’)
(domitian’s reign came to an end in 96 when he was assassinated by court officials)
(he was succeeded the same day by his advisor ‘nerva’)
(after his death, Domitian’s memory was condemned to oblivion by the ‘Roman Senate’, while senatorial authors such as ‘Tacitus’, ‘Pliny the Younger’, and ‘Suetonius’ propagated the view of ‘domitian’ as a cruel and paranoid tyrant)
(modern revisionists instead have characterized ‘domitian’ as a ruthless but efficient autocrat whose cultural, economic, and political programs provided the foundation of the peaceful second century)
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