Zusammenfassung
Guarding the Caesars is the story of the survival of the Flavian emperors in Rome. The dynasty produced three of the most famous and productive rulers in the Roman Empire. Vespasian built the Colosseum. Titus won the Great Jewish War of 66–70, and his men were responsible for the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Domitian, perhaps Rome’s greatest builder, is responsible for many of the buildings we connect with Rome today. He was without a doubt among the most controversial of all Roman rulers and the subject of much debate still today.
The Flavian dynasty begins with the death of the four successors to the Julio-Claudians and ends with the dramatic assassination of Domitian in his own palace. In between, there are numerous attempts to kill the sitting emperor. Seventy-five percent of all Roman emperors died of assassination—the highest rate of any monarchy in the world. This is the story of how the emperors’ security services tried to keep three of them alive.
Schlagworte
Domitian Vespasian Titus security threats ancient Rome Nerva Otho Praetorian Guard Roman guards Roman internal security Vitellius Year of the Four Emperors Julio-Claudians Flavian Dynasty Flavian emperors Galba assassinationKeywords
murder- 85–104 Chapter 5 Titus 85–104
- 123–154 Chapter 7 Domitian 123–154
- 171–200 Chapter 9 Domitian 171–200
- 255–360 Notes 255–360
- 361–394 Bibliography 361–394
- 395–412 Index 395–412
- 413–414 About the Author 413–414
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- „... 43Chapter 3VespasianThe ultimate victor in the civil war of 68–69 was Titus Flavius Vespasianus. By ...” „... , Vespasian would use legal means.LEX IMPERIO VESPASIANIAs a new emperor and a usurper, and someone with no ...” „... a man with non-noble beginnings could be their leader.2Vespasian could display no connection with ...”
- „... 71Chapter 4Threats to the New Regime and the Death of VespasianWith all the peacetime stabilizing ...” „... activities Vespasian brought to Rome, one would think he would be a beloved figure, without an enemy in the ...” „... . Consequently, Vespasian, like Augustus, had to set up a security system to keep not only the city of Rome and ...”
- „... name of the temple was changed to the templum Vespasiani et Titi, The Temple of Vespasian and Titus.148 ...” „... the basis upon which they quietly argued against an emperor’s legitimacy.2Vespasian had not missed a ...” „... minute in raising Titus to a position of power at his side.3 By 70, Tacitus says that Vespasian was ...”
- „... settlement.23 It is not hard to believe, however, that the son of Vespasian would have been a valuable ...” „... the house of Cornelius Primus, who lived near the Velabrum and was one of Vespasian’s clients.28 The ...” „... father nor his brother would arrive for some time. Vespasian did not get to Rome himself until September ...”
- „... : Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian–Hadrian (69–138), Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham ...” „... Templum Pacis.” MAAR 48: 25–43.Pfeiffer, Stefan (2009). Die Zeit der Flavier Vespasian–Titus–Domitian ...” „... Congresso internazionale di studi vespasianei. Rieti: 369–92.Eck, Werner (1970), Senatoren von Vespasian bis ...”
- „... , and Licinius Mucianus, the governor of Syria, was feuding with Vespasian. Jones (1984), 43.37. Ottley ...” „... on Vespasian’s coins were adapted from Galba. Vespasian is seen as Galba’s avenger: Ramage (1989 ...” „... ), 188.104. Suet., Vit. 16.105. Suet., Vit. 17.106. Intelligence for Vespasian: Suet., Vit. 17. Wellesley ...”
- „... Caecina did not count since Vespasian was emperor when that execution happened.4Domitian was going to be ...” „... confirming all gifts and privileges granted by Titus, Vespasian, and other emperors. According to Suetonius ...” „... Vespasian or Titus originated with Cassius Dio, who was far removed from the events. Later authors wrote ...”
- „... VespasianTac., Agri. Tacitus, AgricolaTac., Ann. Tacitus, AnnalesTac., Dial. Tacitus, DialogusTac., Hist ...” „... : The Year of the Four Emperors 1Chapter 2: Otho and Vitellius 25Chapter 3: Vespasian 43Chapter 4 ...” „... : Threats to the New Regime and the Death of Vespasian 71Chapter 5: Titus 85Chapter 6: And Then There Was ...”
- „... picked up by later emperors as a fixed rule of service. In a final security appointment, Vespasian’s ...” „... Nero, so the move was designed to win the support of Vespasian and the Flavians while retaining a link ...” „... , when he was killed by Vespasian’s partisans. He had had four months to navigate his way to becoming ...”
- „... quiet at the beginning of Domitian’s reign. The military precautions taken by Vespasian had ensured ...” „... abilities of Vespasian and Titus were beyond dispute, but not so with Vespasian’s youngest son. As we saw in ...” „... , and he was later reined in by Vespasian himself. His father also squashed his attempt to lead a force ...”
- „... trying to kill emperors? Vespasian inherited the imperial position late enough for there to be no one ...” „... single year and Vespasian had come out the winner. The new emperor was nothing like the Julio-Claudians ...” „... from trying to prevent him from establishing a new dynasty. With two grown sons at his side, Vespasian ...”
- „... and coordinated the handover of power to Vespasian after the execution of Vitellius. He had had ...” „... were rewarded for their support of Vespasian in the fighting. The same pattern emerges in 97. There had ...” „... relationship by marriage to the Flavian family, although his career began before the accession of Vespasian.38 ...”
- „... Vespasianus, Titus. See Vespasian, emperorfleet, Roman, 9, 53, 331n141, 332n141Fonteius Capito, Publius, 9, 28 ...” „... Vespasian, 70conspiracy of 87, 178, 341n163conspiracy of Eprius Marcellus and Caecina Aelianus, 79–96 ...” „... . See DomitianFlavius Philostratus, 86, 90, 102, 157, 176Flavius Sabinus, T. (Vespasian’s father), 43 ...”
- „... to watch his back in the way Vespasian had Titus. Domitian never allowed one potent minister to ...” „... the senatorial elite.2Domitian was certainly stricter than Vespasian or Titus when it came to the ...” „... is, Vespasian and Titus in 70, Titus and Domitian in 80. Sabinus had been consul ordinarius in 82 ...”
- „... . Vespasian had controlled them by appointing his own relatives to the post of prefect. Domitian’s problem was ...” „... from the East, a policy that was clearly his, not Vespasian’s before him nor Trajan’s afterward. If we ...” „... lacked the experience and patience of Vespasian and the diplomatic talents of Titus. He made no effort to ...”
- „... suicide of Nero in June 68 and the triumph of Vespasian in December 69 brought a spectacle of calamity ...” „... Vespasian. He had been out of circulation for twenty years and perhaps did not under-stand the ways of Rome ...” „... , Vespasian, on a ten-year reign. Clearly the sword alone now offered succession, without the promise of ...”