Paperback ISBN: 9789088909542 | Hardback ISBN: 9789088909559 | Imprint: Sidestone Press | Format: 210x280mm | 224 pp. | Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 24 | Series: PALMA | Language: English | 56 illus. (bw) | 42 illus. (fc) | Keywords: Classical archaeology, Classical history, Domitian; Roman Empire; Flavian dynasty; ancient Rome; imperial power and representation; Anchoring Innovation | download cover
In life, the emperor Domitian (81-96 CE) marketed himself as a god; after his assassination he was condemned to be forgotten. Nonetheless he oversaw a literary, cultural, and monumental revival on a scale not witnessed since Rome’s first emperor, Augustus.
In tandem with an exhibition in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden and the Mercati Traianei in Rome, planned for 2021-2022, this volume offers a fresh perspective on Domitian and his reign. This collection of papers, produced by a group of international scholars, gives a wholistic and interdisciplinary approach to the emperor and his works that begins with an overview of Rome and its imperial system and ends with a reappraisal of Domitian and his legacy.
The subject of memory sanctions after his death, Domitian’s reputation has suffered as a result of the negative press he received both in antiquity and thereafter. Building upon recent scholarship that has sought to re-evaluate the last of the Flavian emperors, the papers in this volume present the latest research on Domitian’s building programmes and military exploits as well as the literary sources produced during and after his reign, all of which paint a picture of an emperor who – despite being loathed by Rome’s elite – did much to shape the landscape of Rome as we know it today.
Preface: Anchoring a New Emperor
André Lardinois, Ineke SluiterIntroduction: Domitian, the Neglected Emperor Who Wished to Be God
Aurora Raimondi Cominesi, Nathalie de Haan, Eric M. Moormann & Claire StocksPart 1: Ruling the Empire
Emperorship and Emperors before the Flavians Came to Power
Olivier HeksterRome AD 69: the City at the Crossroads
Domenico PalombiThe Rise of the Flavians
Barbara LevickImpact of Empire: Cremona, Bedriacum and Brescia
Francesca Morandini, Lilia Palmieri, Marina VolontéPart 2: Building the Empire
Domitian’s Reshaping of Rome
Eric M. MoormannThe Arch of Titus in the Circus Maximus
Claudio Parisi PresicceMaterial Culture in Britannia under Domitian; a Northern Focus
Barbara Birley, Frances McIntoshDomitian and the Lower German Limes (The Netherlands)
Jasper de BruinPart 3: The Image of the Emperor
The Image of the Emperor: Seeing Domitian
Jane FejferHistorical Reliefs and Architecture
Paolo LiveraniThe Image of the Emperor in Contemporary Epic Poetry
Claire StocksImperial Women and the Dynamics of Power. Managing the Soft Power of Domitia Longina and Julia Titi
Lien FoubertPart 4: The World of Domitian
Living Like the Emperor: A Portrayal of Domitian in his Villas and on the Palatine
Aurora Raimondi Cominesi and Claire StocksBetween Magnificence and Misery: Living Conditions in Metropolitan Rome
Nathalie de HaanEntertainment and Spectacle during Domitian’s Rule
Daniëlle SlootjesDomitian and the Capitolia
Onno van Nijf, Robin van Vliet, Caroline van ToorArchaeological Evidence from Domitian’s Palatine
Natascha SojcAlbanum Domitiani, Domitian’s Villa in Castel Gandolfo
Claudia ValeriPart 5: Man and God
Domitian and Religion
Frederick G. NaereboutMaster and God: Domitian’s Art and Architecture in Rome
Diane Atnally ConlinMan and God: Literature
Antony Augoustakis, Emma BuckleyAnchoring Egypt. The Iseum Campense and Flavian Rome
Miguel John VersluysPart 6: Fall and Afterlife Regime Change/Reputation in Antiquity
Portraiture and Memory Sanctions
Caroline VoutDomitian and the Temples of Egypt
Olaf E. KaperDomitian’s Damned Memory in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries
Maria Paolo Del Moro‘An Enemy of God’ on the Imperial Throne? The Reception of Domitian during the Middle Ages
Nine MiedemaBibliography
Index of Names, Places, and Subjects
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