The Emperor Domitian / / Brian W. Jones

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966151303321
• Autore: Jones Brian W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; New York, : Routledge, 1992
• ISBN: 1-134-85312-2; 1-134-85313-0; 9786610050291; 1-280-05029-2; 0-203-03625-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 292 p
• Disciplina: 937/.07/092; B
• Soggetti: Emperors - Rome; Rome History Domitian, 81-96
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1 EARLY CAREER -- chapter 2 COURT I -- chapter 3 COURT II 50 / Amici -- chapter 4 ADMINISTRATION I -- chapter 5 ADMINISTRATION II -- chapter 6 WAR I 128 131 135 / Chatti Britain Danube -- chapter 7 WAR II -- chapter 8 ARISTOCRACY I 160 / Senators -- chapter 9 ARISTOCRACY II -- chapter 10 CONCLUSION.
• Sommario/riassunto: Domitian, Emperor of Rome AD 81-96, has traditionally been portrayed as a tyrant, and his later years on the throne as a `reign of terror'. Brian Jones' biography of the emperor, the first ever in English, offers a more balanced interpretation of the life of Domitian, arguing that his foreign policy was realistic, his economic programme rigorously efficient and his supposed persecution of the early Christians non-existent. Central to an understanding of the emperor's policies, Brian Jones proposes, is his relationship with his court, rather than with the senate. Roamn historians will have to take account of this new biography which in part represents a rehabilitation of Domitian.