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Domitian: Misery of Absolutism and Splendor of Rome

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Domitian was the younger son of Vespasian, and brother of Titus – he inherited power after the death of his brother in AD 81. Domitian is remembered for his strong tendency toward absolutism: he obtained full control over the Senate, reducing its role to the administrative one. Demonstrating his disdain for the Senate, Domitian used to come there in the garb of a [...]

TimeTravelRome2022-03-16T20:30:36+00:00March 16th, 2022|Categories: Top Destinations|Tags: Alban Hills, Albano Laziale, Campus Martius, Castra Albana, Domitian, Domitianus, Domus Augustana, Domus Flavia, Exhibition, Flavian Palace, Ludus Magnus, Palace of Domitian, Palatine Hill, Piazza Navona, Roma, Rome, Stadium of Domitian|

Hercules Battles Cacus in the Forum Boarium

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Author: Marian Vermeulen “Time brought to us in our time of need the aid and arrival of a god. For there came that mightiest avenger, the victor Hercules, proud with the slaughter and the spoils of threefold Geryon, and he drove the mighty bulls here, and the cattle filled both valley and riverside.” - King Evander in Virgil’s Aeneid Nestled between the Aventine, [...]

TimeTravelRome2021-01-27T00:02:59+00:00September 18th, 2020|Categories: Top Destinations|Tags: Ara Maxima, Arch of Janus, Aventine, Bocca della Verità, Forum Boarium, Portus Tiberinus, Rome, Temple of Portunus, Virgil|

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20 Nov

🪔 #OnThiDay in 423, #Johannes seized power in Rome after the death of Emperor #Honorius. With no clear successor and no one else eager for the throne, he briefly declared himself emperor. Johannes - former Honorius' chief secretary - managed to install himself as the new Western…

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17 Nov

🪔 On this day in 9 BCE, #Vespasian, the future emperor who would restore stability to the Roman Empire after the chaos of the Year of the Four Emperors, was born. A military leader and founder of the Flavian dynasty. This expressive bust of Vespasian - of a so-called Copenhagen…

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16 Nov

🪔 On this day in 42 BCE, #Tiberius, the adopted son of Emperor Augustus, was born. As the second Roman emperor, his reign saw significant military expansions, consolidation of imperial power, and the establishment of a more autocratic government. This bust of Tiberius is now in…

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29 Oct

🪔 Today I have visited the archaelogical site of the Saint Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭. The Cathedral was built on ruins of a Roman sanctuary, and the archaeological site contains the remains of the many churches that preceded the current structure: the oldest of… https://x.com/TimeTravelRome/status/1851379578142400758/video/1

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18 Oct

🪔 #Onthisday in AD 33, Agrippina the Elder died on the island of #Pandataria - the same place her mother was exiled to - from self-inflicted starvation. Daughter of Marcus Vipsanius #Agrippa and Augustus' daughter, Julia, she was married to Germanicus; they had six kids…

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