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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2264690, member: 5682&quot;]Interesting coin and great history.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think we are now reassessing of historical view of Domitian, however. The man ruled for fifteen years and relatively peacefully.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a quote from the often wrong (but this time correct) Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Over the course of the 20th century, Domitian&#039;s military, administrative and economic policies were re-evaluated. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In his monograph, Jones concludes that Domitian was a ruthless, but efficient autocrat. For the majority of his reign, there was no widespread dissatisfaction with the emperor or his rule. His harshness was felt by only a small, but highly vocal minority, who later exaggerated his despotism in favour of the well-regarded Nervan-Antonian dynasty that followed.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Domitian&#039;s foreign policy was realistic, rejecting expansionist warfare and negotiating peace at a time when Roman military tradition dictated aggressive conquest. <b>His economic program, which was rigorously efficient, maintained the Roman currency at a standard it would never again achieve.</b> Persecution of religious minorities, such as Jews and Christians, was non-existent. Domitian&#039;s government nonetheless exhibited totalitarian characteristics.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>As Emperor, he saw himself as the new Augustus, an enlightened despot destined to guide the Roman Empire into a new era of Flavian renaissance.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I think common sense and numismatic evidence have often changed our views of history:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]98NAArs631M[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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