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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 899369, member: 13719&quot;]Hers a little bit of info if anyone is interested</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), known as Domitian, was the eleventh Roman Emperor, who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, the house which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96 and encompassed the reigns of Domitian&#039;s father Vespasian (69–79), his older brother Titus (79–81), and that of Domitian himself.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On 18 September, A.D. 96, Domitian was assassinated and was succeeded on the very same day by M. Cocceius Nerva, a senator and one of his amici. The sources are unanimous in stressing that this was a palace plot, yet it is difficult to determine the level of culpability among the various potential conspirators.[[23]] </p><p>In many ways, Domitian is still a mystery - a lazy and licentious ruler by some accounts, an ambitious administrator and keeper of traditional Roman religion by others.[[24]] As many of his economic, provincial, and military policies reveal, he was efficient and practical in much that he undertook, yet he also did nothing to hide the harsher despotic realities of his rule. This fact, combined with his solitary personality and frequent absences from Rome, guaranteed a harsh portrayal of his rule. The ultimate truths of his reign remain difficult to know. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/domitian.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/domitian.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.roman-emperors.org/domitian.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By all accounts Domitian appears to have been a thoroughly nasty person, rarely polite, insolent, arrogant and cruel.</p><p>He was a tall man, with large eyes, though weak sight. </p><p>And showing all the signs of someone drunk with power, he preferred to be addressed as &#039;dominus et deus&#039; (&#039;master and god&#039;).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/domitian-index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/domitian-index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/domitian-index.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Domitian is described as tall and reasonably handsome with a tendency to blush (Dom. 18). Like his father he became bald as he aged and wrote a pamphlet titled The Care of the Hair, in which he quoted a line from the Iliad on the short-lived quality of beauty. His choice of words indicates that Domitian was a realist. Martial made reference to Domitian’s baldness in a poem (5.49) and suffered no bad effects from the comment, so the emperor can be said to have had a tolerant disposition. Rather than being sexually promiscuous, he seems to have been something of a prude. Domitian refused to kiss the hand of Caenis, his father’s mistress, disapproving of her relationship with his father. His enforcement of morality laws followed the example of Augustus in upholding traditional virtues. The message on the extant portions of the frieze of the Temple of Minerva in Domitian’s forum is clear that duty, the assumption of one’s proper place in society and obedience were the virtues the emperor wished to instill. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Alex/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Alex/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Alex/index.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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