C C 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Antoninus Pius, Gracchi, Roman Citizenship
4 Jan 2017
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Titus (79-81): eruption of vesuvius, destruction of pompeii and herculaneum. Domitian (81-96): rebuilding of rome, recently opened ramp from forum to. Not a bad dynasty. things did not deteriorate not decline. Colosseum (=flavian amphitheater;vomitoria): 213 yards long, 176 yds. wide, Ad 69: the year of the four emperors. Vespasian (ad 69-79): judaean wars; titus (son) led, destruction of jerusalem"s. Emperors good and bad: temples and conquered it in ad 69. non olet (=it doesn"t smell); final words: omg i"m becoming a god. Flavians looks at financial system from nero time and restructured taxation system. Titus was nicer, didn"t want people to pay money for going to the bathroom. Vespasian definitely stabilized rome in the 10 years that he ruled. Domitian = least popular, got assassinated, harsh+cruel, kicked out philosophy professors, a lot of the areas domitian really reconstructed, had fortress like architecture, kept people away.
