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Domitian: emperor of the Roman world (r.81-96).

Domitian

Names:

• 24 October 51: Titus Flavius Domitianus
• 14 September 81: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus
• 83: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Germanicus Augustus
• 18 September 96: murdered by courtiers

Successor of: Titus

Relatives

• father: Vespasian
• mother: Flavia Domitilla
• married to: Domitia Longina, daughter of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
• children: Titus Flavius (?)

Early career

• 
  Young Domitian
  51 Born in Rome
• 69 Recognized as caesar
• 70 Marriage to Domitia Longina
• 71 Consul suffectus
• 73 Consul II; birth of a son
• 75 Consul suffectus III
• 76 Consul suffectus IV
• 77 Consul suffectus V
• 79 Consul suffectus VI; death of Vespasian, accession of Titus
• 80 Consul VII (with Titus)

Main deeds

New legions: I Minervia

Buildings in Rome: Imperial palaces on the Palatine; Arch of Titus; Temple of Vespasian; Forum Transitorium; Stadion of Domitian; Odeon of Domitian; Temple of the Flavians; Ludus Maximus

Coin by Domitian, announcing the conquest of Germania

Other monuments: Mainz pedestals

Succeeded by: Nerva

Contemporary events

• 95 Death of Quintilian
• 96 Death of Statius

Links

• biography by Suetonius
• Casperius Aelianus

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