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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 20257805, member: 101855&quot;]Here is my only Domitian coin, a denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540390[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius of Domitian Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P XII “Emperor caesar Domitian augustus German pontifex maximus, tribunicia potestate 12”, Reverse: Minerva advancing with spear and shield IMP XXII COS XVI CENS PPP&nbsp; Emperor 22, Consul 16 (year 92 AD) censor (lifetime appointment to set the number of senators) pater patriae.)&nbsp; Numisma dates 93-94 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear variety 2736, Rome 92-3 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Imperator Secundum Vicesimum, Consul Sextum Decimum, Censor Perpetuus, Pater Patriae.</p><p>Supreme commander (Imperator) for the 22nd time, consul for the 16th time, censor for life, father of the nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the historical bullets from my notebook:</p><p><br /></p><p>· Titus Flavius Vespasianus was the younger son of Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla.</p><p><br /></p><p>* He is remembered today as the worst of the Roman tyrants because of his treatment of his enemies. There were executions of at least 12 ex-consuls during his reign. This accounted for often poor relations with the senate and ultimately his downfall.</p><p><br /></p><p>· These executions affected perceptions of him as a leader, and, in a way, might be over emphasized. The aristocracy reviled him, and they were able to record much of the history after his rule. Other facts contradict the assertions that he was totally evil.&nbsp; Given the many plots that were drawn up against the sitting emperors of the time, Domitian may have been simply trying to survive.</p><p><br /></p><p>· In his favor, Domitian was an effective military leader. His campaigns on the Rhine and the Danube were conducted well, and the arrangements he made with the territories between to two rivers were improved.</p><p><br /></p><p>· He was the first emperor since Claudius in 43 to campaign with his troops in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>· He demonstrated a respect for religion. As a builder, he restored the temple to Jupiter and the imperial palace on the Palatine.</p><p><br /></p><p>· He improved the quality of the precious metal coinage and raised military pay by one-third which established his popularity with the army and the praetorian guard.</p><p><br /></p><p>· The people were entertained with frequent public spectacles and banquets.</p><p><br /></p><p>· In October 88, the Secular Games were celebrated in Rome with great pomp and ceremony.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Domitian’s relations with the senate remained strained and hostile.</p><p><br /></p><p>· In the late summer, a palace cabal that involved the court chamberlain and possibly even the Empress Domitian Longina. On September 18, 96, an assassin stabbed the emperor to death in his private apartments. That ended the Flavian Dynasty which lasted for 27 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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