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Domitian

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

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

Domitian

81 Accession after the unexpected death of Titus
82 Consul VIII (with his relative Titus Flavius Sabinus); dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; revaluation of the denarius
83 Consul IX (with Quintus Petilius Rufus II); war against the Chatti in Germany; exile and recall of the empress Domitia Longina; death of Titus Flavius Sabinus
84 Consul X (with Gaius Oppius Sabinus)
85 Consul XI; recall of Agricola from Britain; censor perpetuus; the Dacian leader Decebalus defeats a Roman army; Domitian to Moesia; debasement of the denarius
86 Consul XII (with Servius Cornelius Dolabella Petronianus); war against the Dacians
87 Consul XIII (with Lucius Volusius Saturninus); Decebalus king of Dacia
88 Consul XIV (with Lucius Minucius Rufus); Ludi Saeculares; Roman victory over Dacians at Tapae
89 Revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus at Mainz, repressed by the army of Germania Inferior; renewed war against the Dacians
90 Consul XV (with Marcus Cocceius Nerva II)
92 Consul XVI (with Quintus Volusius Saturninus); palaces on the Palatine completed; Domitian in Pannonia
Domitian (Egyptian style)

93 Domitian defeats the Sarmatians; expells the philosophers from Rome (including, perhaps, Nerva); trial of Baebius Massa
95 Consul XVII (with Titus Flavius Clemens); execution of Titus Flavius Clemens
96 Assassinated
Damnatio memoriae

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