About 50 structures were erected, restored or completed, second only to Augustus, including THIS on Capitoline Hill, which was covered with a gilded roof.
He also completed the Temple of Vespasian and Titus, the Arch of Titus, and added a fourth level and finished the interior seating area to THIS FAMOUS SITE.
For the most part, Domitian rejected expansionist warfare; his most significant military contribution was the development of THIS VAST NETWORK of roads and forts along the Rhine to defend the Empire.
Having spent three years of his reign on campaigns, more than any SINCE THIS EMPEROR, and raising their pay by one-third, the first emperor to raise their pay since THIS EMPEROR, Domitian was very popular with his soldiers.
Domitian firmly believed in the Roman religion; He worshipped THIS GODDESS zealously, having a personal shrine in his bedroom, putting her image on four different coins, and founded a legion in her name.
Domitian also revived THIS, which had fallen out of use under Vespasian; his first act as emperor had been to deify his brother; he erected a dynastic mausoleum and many temples and shrines to his father and brother.
Domitian was sensitive about his baldness, and wore THESE which were reported to have looked very realistic.
85: Domitian nominates himself to THIS OFFICE, in perpetuity; he will supervise morals, and as such adultery is made punishable by exile; a Senator was expelled for acting and dancing.
Domitian forbides THIS TYPE OF entertainer from performing in public... what a loss to the Romans, not to see someone struggle to get out of an invisible box!
Domitian insists spectators at public games be properly dressed in togas; he punishes homosexual senators, and forbids doing THIS TO males.
Foreign religions were tolerated if they didn't disturb the peace or could be assimilated with Roman religion; the worship of the deities of THIS country flourished to an extent not seen again until the reign of Commodus.
Zeus was identified with THIS EGYPTIAN DEITY.
Minerva was identified with THIS EGYPTIAN DEITY.
85 - 88: In the Dacian Wars the Romans earned a quick victory, only to be undone the following year when they lost the battle standard of the Praetorian Guard; peace was obtained by making Dacia THIS, but Romans found the tribute they had to pay to be humiliating.
86: Domitian founds THIS QUADRENNIAL CONTEST including athletic displays, chariot racing and competitions for oratory, music and acting.
89 - 96: This Christian historian maintained that Jews and Christians were persecuted during the end of Domitian's reign; no contemporary authors mention trials or executions of either group.
Jews were taxed for the privilege of practicing their own religion; members of THIS RELIGION were also taxed because they were thought to be Jews pretending to be something else.
Domitian preferred to be addressed in THIS MANNER, meaning 'master and god.'
Domitian names TWO OF THESE after himself, Germanicus and Domitianus.
89: Domitian takes the Praetorian Guard to quell a revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus, the governor of Germania Superior; THIS TRUSTED ADVISER and future emperor may have uncovered the plot, as he had uncovered the Pisonian conspiracy under Nero; he is rewarded with a share in the consulship.
Both Tacitus and Suetonius speak of THIS towards the end of Domitian's reign; however, even though executions did increase after the rebellion, he executed about 20 senators, whereas Claudius had executed 35 over a shorter period of time.
95: Domitian's cousin, Titus Flavius Clemens, whose son was Domitian's intended heir, was executed on the charge of atheism; this MAY have meant he converted to THIS RELIGION; his execution made others aware no one was safe.
After having dismissed two leaders of THIS UNIT and bringing charges against them, two new commanders, Petronius Secundus and Norbanus learn that allegations had been made against them.
96: Domitian was executed in a palace conspiracy; a freedman Maximus feigned an injury, so he could conceal a dagger in his bandages; Domitian's weapon of last resort, a sword PLACED HERE, was removed, and, since he was always nervous around noon, the time an astrologer predicted his death would occur, a boy lied to him, saying it was well after noon, so his guard would be down.
He was unceremoniously cremated and his ashes, mingled with those of his neice Julia, were PLACED HERE.
The Principate, and the powers it entailed, allowed the Emperor to rule as a de facto dictator, while maintaining the facade of a republic; some emperors upheld the facade well, Domitian didn't care for aristocrats, and the feeling was mutual; after his assassination his memory was condemned to THIS.
With the 'damnatio memoriae' THESE were melted down, his statues and arches torn down, and his name was erased from all public records.
Though the Senate was overjoyed, THIS ORGANIZATION was angry; they demanded the assassins be punished; at first the new emperor refused, but eventually had to yield.
This Emperor, reigning a century later, is the only other emperor to receive a damnatio memoriae; in Domitian's case, the order was largely ignored outside of Italy.
This 3rd century apocryphal Christian work also mentions the supposed persecution of Christians under Domitian.
1725: Cardinal Annibal Abani finds under his church an inscription in honor of the cousin of Domitian who was executed; THIS IS THE INSCRIPTION.
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