Subsequent Roman emperors of the Flavian dynasty contributed significantly towards its restoration.

Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty.

Modern history has refuted these claims, suggesting these stories later circulated under Flavian rule as part of a propaganda campaign to diminish success under the less reputable Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and to maximize achievements under Emperor Claudius ( 41 – 54 ) and his son Britannicus.

One of the most detailed reports of military activity under the Flavian dynasty was written by Tacitus, whose biography of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola largely concerns the conquest of Britain between 77 and 84.

The worship of Egyptian deities in particular flourished under the Flavian dynasty, to an extent not seen again until the reign of Commodus.

Unfortunately, the part of Tacitus ' Histories dealing with the reign of the Flavian dynasty is almost entirely lost.

Category: Flavian dynasty

* Any member of the Flavian dynasty of three Roman rulers of the late 1st century CE

In 71, he went to Rome in the entourage of Titus, becoming a Roman citizen and client of the ruling Flavian dynasty ( hence he is often referred to as Flavius Josephus — see below ).

Vespasian was the founder of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Empire for a quarter century.

There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, 9th Roman emperor, and founder of the Flavian dynasty.

* The Flavian dynasty starts.

The Flavian dynasty ends.

As indicated by his name, he would have been born under the Flavian dynasty, under the reign of Titus, i. e. between 79 and 81 AD.

The building was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty, hence its original name, after the reign of Emperor Nero.

Category: Building projects of the Flavian dynasty

A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to come to the throne after his own father.

To further honor and glorify the Flavian dynasty, foundations were laid for what would later become the Temple of Vespasian and Titus, which was finished by Domitian.

Another contemporary of Titus was Publius Cornelius Tacitus, who started his public career in 80 or 81 and credits the Flavian dynasty with his elevation.

* The Josephus Trilogy, novels by Lion Feuchtwanger, about the life of Flavius Josephus and his relation with the Flavian dynasty.

Category: Flavian dynasty

Category: Flavian dynasty

Category: Building projects of the Flavian dynasty

Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople | Saint Flavian of Constantinople

Exaggerated hairstyle of the Flavian dynasty | Flavian period ( 80s – 90s AD )

Image: DecorazioneASquame. jpg | Roman cornice of ionic order, from Imperial palace on the Palatine hill in Rome ( Flavian epoch )

Nevertheless, ancient sources allege poverty for the Flavian family at the time of Domitian's upbringing, even claiming Vespasian had fallen into disrepute under the emperors Caligula ( 37 – 41 ) and Nero ( 54 – 68 ).

In the meantime, Domitian acted as the representative of the Flavian family in the Roman Senate.

The Triumph of Titus, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema ( 1885 ), depicting the Flavian family during the triumphal procession of 71.

On the day of the festivities, the Flavian family rode into the capital, preceded by a lavish parade which displayed the spoils of the war.

The family procession was headed by Vespasian and Titus, while Domitian, riding a magnificent white horse, followed with the remaining Flavian relatives.

To memorialize the military triumphs of the Flavian family, he ordered the construction of the Templum Divorum and the Templum Fortuna Redux, and completed the Arch of Titus.

Whereas his father and brother had concentrated consular power largely in the hands of the Flavian family, Domitian admitted a surprisingly large number of provincials and potential opponents to the consulship, allowing them to head the official calendar by opening the year as an ordinary consul.

He deified three of his family members and erected massive structures to commemorate the Flavian achievements.

Born between 720 and 735 in Friuli in Italy to this possibly noble Lombard family, Paul received an exceptionally good education, probably at the court of the Lombard king Ratchis in Pavia, learning from a teacher named Flavian the rudiments of Greek.

Nerva, who replaced the last Flavian emperor, Vespasian's son Domitian, in 96, was elderly and childless, and chose therefore to adopt an heir, Trajan, from outside his family.

The new marriage rehabilitated Corbulo's family, while serving the broader Flavian propaganda of the time, which sought to diminish Vespasian's political success under the less reputable emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

Flavian family tree, indicating the descendants of Titus Flavius Petro and Tertulla.

Nevertheless, ancient sources allege poverty for the Flavian family at the time of Domitian's upbringing, even claiming Vespasian had fallen into disrepute under the emperors Caligula ( 37 – 41 ) and Nero ( 54 – 68 ).

The author of this legend places the two saints quite differently from the poem of Pope Damasus: as Nereus and Achilleus were buried in a very ancient part of the catacomb of Domitilla, built as far back as the beginning of the 2nd century, we may conclude that they are among the most ancient martyrs of the Roman Church, and stand in very near relation to the Flavian family, of which Domitilla, the foundress of the catacomb, was a member.

Owing to the purely legendary character of these Acts, we cannot use them as an argument to aid in the controversy whether there were two Christians of the name of Domitilla in the family of the Christian Flavian, or only one: the wife of the Consul Titus Flavius Clemens.

The Flavian dynasty was composed of the Flavii Vespasiani, a middle-class family of plebeian stock.

The work can be viewed as an apologia for a large part of the governing class: people who, not desiring martyrdom, had collaborated with the Flavian family and had made a valid contribution to lawmaking, to provincial government, to the enlargement of the limits of the empire and to the defence of its borders.