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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2685560, member: 8959"]''Domitian firmly believed in the traditional Roma Religion, and personally saw to it that ancient customs and morals were observed throughout his reign. In order to justify the divine nature of the Flavian rule, Domitian emphasized connections with the chief deity Jupiter, perhaps most significantly through the impressive restoration of the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill. A small chapel dedicated to Jupiter Conservator was also constructed near the house where Domitian had fled to safety on 20 December 69. Later in his reign, he replaced it with a more expansive building, dedicated to Jupiter Custos'' The goddess he worshipped the most zealously, however, was Minerva. Not only did he keep a personal shrine dedicated to her in his bedroom, she regularly appeared on his coinage—in four different attested reverse types—and he founded a legion, Legio I Minerva, in her name.'' Domitian's affection for Minerva is thought to have been associated with the fact that just as Minerva was the third deity in the triad of the gods after Jupiter and Juno, so was he also third in line after his father Vespasian and his brother Titus in the Flavian dynasty. This sestertius in my collection illustrates Domitian's association with the goddess Minerva. Domitianus, 81-96. Æ-Sestertius, 85, Rome. Obv: Laureate bust left. Rev: The emperor stands veiled, sacrificing with patera over altar. Temple of Minerva in the background.BMC 332; Coh. 492; RIC 283. Post your Coins of Domitian showing the Goddess Minerva! [ATTACH=full]601256[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]601257[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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