He became personally involved in all branches of the administration: edicts were issued governing the smallest details of everyday life and law, while taxation and public morals were rigidly enforced. By moving the centre of power to the imperial court, Domitian openly rendered the Senate's powers obsolete. Once Emperor, he quickly dispensed with the Republican facade and transformed his government more or less formally into the divine monarchy he believed it to be. Because Titus effectively acted as co-emperor with his father, no abrupt change in Flavian policy occurred during his brief reign from 79 until 81.ĭomitian's approach to government was less subtle than his father and brother. Titus shared tribunician power with his father, received seven consulships, the censorship, and perhaps most remarkably, was given command of the Praetorian Guard.
Mucianus slowly disappears from the historical records during this time, and it is believed he died sometime between 75 and 77.That it was Vespasian's intention to found a long-lasting dynasty to govern the Roman Empire was most evident in the powers he conferred upon his eldest son Titus. Non-Flavians were virtually excluded from important public offices, even those who had been among Vespasian's earliest supporters during the civil war. Executive control was largely distributed among members of his family. He also restructured the Senatorial and Equestrian orders, removing his enemies and adding his allies. He offered gifts to the military and dismissed or punished those soldiers loyal to Vitellius.
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When Vespasian returned to Rome in mid-70, he immediately embarked on a series of efforts to consolidate his power and prevent future revolts. The Flavian approach to government was one of both implicit and explicit exclusion. By the time Vespasian was proclaimed emperor in Rome, any hope of restoring the Republic had long dissipated. Most Emperors upheld the public facade of democracy, and in return the Senate implicitly acknowledged the Emperor's status as a de-facto monarch.The civil war of 69 had made it abundantly clear that real power in the Empire lay with control over the army. The Principate allowed the existence of a de facto dictatorial regime, while maintaining the formal framework of the Roman Republic. Since the fall of the Republic, the authority of the Roman Senate had largely eroded under the quasi-monarchical system of government established by Augustus, known as the Principate. His successors Nerva and Trajan were less restrictive, but in reality their policies differed little from Domitian's. Modern history has rejected these views, instead characterizing Domitian as a ruthless but efficient autocrat, whose cultural, economic and political program provided the foundation for the Principate of the peaceful 2nd century. Senatorial authors such as Tacitus, Pliny the Younger and Suetonius published histories after his death, propagating the view of Domitian as a cruel and paranoid tyrant.
The same day, he was succeeded by his friend and advisor Nerva, who founded the long-lasting Nervan-Antonian Dynasty.ĭomitian's memory was condemned to oblivion by the Roman Senate, with which he had a notoriously difficult relationship throughout his reign. On September 18, 96, Domitian was assassinated by court officials, and with him the Flavian dynasty came to an end. In Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola expanded the Roman Empire as far as modern day Scotland, but in Dacia, Domitian was unable to procure a decisive victory in the war against the Dacians. Domitian strengthened the economy by revaluing the Roman coinage, expanded the border defenses of the Empire, and initiated a massive building program to restore the damaged city of Rome. Domitian was declared emperor by the Praetorian Guard the day after Titus' death, commencing a reign which lasted more than fifteen years - longer than any man who had governed Rome since Tiberius.
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