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

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

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

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

Flavian was mortally wounded.

In Rome meanwhile, Domitian was placed under house arrest by Vitellius, as a safeguard against future Flavian aggression.

By the afternoon of 20 December Vitellius was dead, his armies having been defeated by the Flavian legions.

Strict control was also maintained over the young Caesar's entourage, promoting away Flavian generals such as Arrius Varus and Antonius Primus and replacing them by more reliable men such as Arrecinus Clemens.

Prior to becoming Emperor, Domitian's role in the Flavian government was largely ceremonial.

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

Real power was unmistakably concentrated in the hands of the Flavian faction ; the weakened Senate only maintained the facade of democracy.

Until the completion of the Flavian Palace on the Palatine Hill, the imperial court was situated at Alba or Circeo, and sometimes even farther afield.

Among the most important new structures were an odeon, a stadium, and an expansive palace on the Palatine Hill known as the Flavian Palace which was designed by Domitian's master architect Rabirius.

In 85, Agricola was recalled to Rome by Domitian, having served for more than six years as governor, longer than normal for consular legates during the Flavian era.

His body was carried away on a common bier, and unceremoniously cremated by his nurse Phyllis, who later mingled the ashes with those of his niece Julia, at the Flavian temple.

After Ignatius ' martyrdom in the Flavian Amphitheatre, his remains were honorably carried back to Antioch by his companions, and were first interred outside the city gates, then removed by the Emperor Theodosius II to the Tychaeum, or Temple of Tyche which was converted into a church dedicated to Ignatius.

The letter of Pope Leo I to Flavian of Constantinople was widely considered in the East as the work of Satan ; so that nobody cared to hear of the Church of Rome.

He was destined later to bring about reconciliation between Flavian I of Antioch, the successor of Alexandria and Rome, thus bringing those three sees into communion for the first time in nearly seventy years.

These were Domitian whose violent death in 96 ended the Flavian Dynasty, the co-emperor Publius Septimius Geta, whose memory was publicly expunged by his co-emperor brother Caracalla after he murdered him in 211, and in 311 Maximian, who was captured by Constantine the Great and then encouraged to commit suicide.

A favorable occasion for extending the authority of Rome in the East was offered in the renewal of the Christological controversy by Eutyches, who in the beginning of the conflict appealed to Leo and took refuge with him on his condemnation by Flavian.

The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium, often anglicized as Flavian Amphitheater.

However, at the time that the Pseudo-Bede wrote, the masculine noun coliseus was applied to the statue rather than to what was still known as the Flavian amphitheatre.