Domitian (Domitianus Augustus)

The historicity of the ‘Gallic Emperor' Domitianus has long been disputed, but two quite separate events in 2003 have now provided incontrovertible confirmation of his existence. T...

Domitian, who was one of the most vilified Roman emperors, had suffered damnatio memoriae by the senate after his assassination in 96. The condemnation of senate sympathizer author...

Augustus, famous as Rome’s first emperor, came to power in the aftermath of his defeat of Antony and Cleopatra. The benefit of hindsight allows us to view him as the founder of a n...

Augustus is often labelled as “first emperor of Rome” and “founder of the Principate”. Both descriptions hide a more complex and fluid political transformation that affected all ar...

Summary This article examines the rhetorical style of Augustus' Res Gestae. Ancient sources, including Suetonius (Life of Augustus 86), describe Augustus' style in t...

Most of what we know of the origin and early life of Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) has been gleaned from his works: the 1561 short, witty poems known as Epigrams that he wrot...

The process through which glossaries came into being can sometimes still be seen and studied in surviving manuscripts, and in such cases it provides a valuable index to the way in ...

Imperial power, monarchie in its essence, moved with the emperor and his retinue. Under Domitian the palace on the Palatine achieved architectural plenitude and the imperial court ...