Stairway to heaven. For #FrescoFriday we examine a rare #fresco from #Domitian's palace on the #Palatine. This yellow and purple staircase suggests staff used it to go from private imperial rooms to the magnificent state halls upstairs. Look for the ghostly figures. #AncientBluesky 🏺
October 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Stairway to heaven. For #FrescoFriday we examine a rare #fresco from #Domitian's palace on the #Palatine. This yellow and purple staircase suggests staff used it to go from private imperial rooms to the magnificent state halls upstairs. Look for the ghostly figures. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Ah, yes - the faith of Jerusalem and the power of Rome. Maybe we can base the design for Trump’s arch on the one Domitian built to memorialize the relationship between Rome and Jerusalem in the days of his brother Titus.
Hegseth: "We need students of western civilization and the pillars of our republic. Leaders who understand the faith of Jerusalem, the philosophy of anthems -- Athens. The power of Rome, and the freedom of Philadelphia circa 1776."
September 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Ah, yes - the faith of Jerusalem and the power of Rome. Maybe we can base the design for Trump’s arch on the one Domitian built to memorialize the relationship between Rome and Jerusalem in the days of his brother Titus.
TBF to Sulla & Caesar, they were both superior to our man. He’s acting more like Domitian than like a late-Republic politician.
September 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
TBF to Sulla & Caesar, they were both superior to our man. He’s acting more like Domitian than like a late-Republic politician.
🧠 Trivia Time!
Which Roman emperor is most infamously associated with persecuting Christians?
Options:
1. Domitian
2. Caligula
3. Diocletian
4. Nero
Reply with your answer!
Which Roman emperor is most infamously associated with persecuting Christians?
Options:
1. Domitian
2. Caligula
3. Diocletian
4. Nero
Reply with your answer!
September 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM
🧠 Trivia Time!
Which Roman emperor is most infamously associated with persecuting Christians?
Options:
1. Domitian
2. Caligula
3. Diocletian
4. Nero
Reply with your answer!
Which Roman emperor is most infamously associated with persecuting Christians?
Options:
1. Domitian
2. Caligula
3. Diocletian
4. Nero
Reply with your answer!
September 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The original context of the Book of Revelation was to give comfort and hope to the early Christians who were experiencing persecution in the days of Nero and Domitian. 666 is a coded reference to Nero Caesar for example. Most of the prophecies were fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE.
September 27, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The original context of the Book of Revelation was to give comfort and hope to the early Christians who were experiencing persecution in the days of Nero and Domitian. 666 is a coded reference to Nero Caesar for example. Most of the prophecies were fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE.
History
1332
Rhea Silvia Vatia + Fili Dei Romulus Remus
(a mother via a "god")
Vespasianus home femina Titus
(a father, via a human female - one called a god by the Senate after his death)
Titus destroyed Jerusalem & Domitian killed Christians)
1332
Rhea Silvia Vatia + Fili Dei Romulus Remus
(a mother via a "god")
Vespasianus home femina Titus
(a father, via a human female - one called a god by the Senate after his death)
Titus destroyed Jerusalem & Domitian killed Christians)
September 27, 2026 at 9:50 PM
History
1332
Rhea Silvia Vatia + Fili Dei Romulus Remus
(a mother via a "god")
Vespasianus home femina Titus
(a father, via a human female - one called a god by the Senate after his death)
Titus destroyed Jerusalem & Domitian killed Christians)
1332
Rhea Silvia Vatia + Fili Dei Romulus Remus
(a mother via a "god")
Vespasianus home femina Titus
(a father, via a human female - one called a god by the Senate after his death)
Titus destroyed Jerusalem & Domitian killed Christians)
The annals of tyranny, from the reign of Tiberius to that of Domitian...relate the executions of many innocent victims; but, as long as the faintest remembrance was kept alive of the national freedom and honor, the last hours of a Roman were secured from the danger of ignominious torture.
September 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The annals of tyranny, from the reign of Tiberius to that of Domitian...relate the executions of many innocent victims; but, as long as the faintest remembrance was kept alive of the national freedom and honor, the last hours of a Roman were secured from the danger of ignominious torture.
September 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
She is the main character of my historical fantasy story/project „Cursus Infamie“, which is set during the reign of Domitian and around the beginning of Roman settlement in Germania/Raetia.
September 24, 2026 at 12:03 PM
She is the main character of my historical fantasy story/project „Cursus Infamie“, which is set during the reign of Domitian and around the beginning of Roman settlement in Germania/Raetia.
''Epiktet, aus Hieropolis in Phrygien, am Ende des ersten Jahrhunderts nach Chr. Geburt, war zuerst Sklave des Epaphroditos, der ihn dann freiließ, worauf er nach Rom sich begab. Als Domitian die Philosophen, Giftmischer und Mathematiker aus Rom verwies (94 n. Chr.), ging er nach Nikopolis [...]''
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, Vorlesungen �ber die Geschichte der Philosophie, Erster Teil: Griechische Philosophie, Zweiter Abschnitt. Dogmatismus und Skeptizismus, A. Philosophie der Stoiker
Volltext Philosophie: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Werke in zwanzig B�nden. Band 19, Frankfurt am Main 1979, S. 255-262.: A. Philosophie der Stoiker
www.zeno.org
September 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
''Epiktet, aus Hieropolis in Phrygien, am Ende des ersten Jahrhunderts nach Chr. Geburt, war zuerst Sklave des Epaphroditos, der ihn dann freiließ, worauf er nach Rom sich begab. Als Domitian die Philosophen, Giftmischer und Mathematiker aus Rom verwies (94 n. Chr.), ging er nach Nikopolis [...]''
Stammt ein Kaiserporträt mit der Signatur „L daVinci“ vom Meister? Forscher in Uppsala haben die Pigmente mit Laserlicht analysiert. www.nordisch.info/schweden/ein...
Ein echter da Vinci? Laseranalyse soll Urheber eines rätselhaften Gemäldes klären
Ein Gemälde mit der Signatur „L daVinci“ gibt Forschern der Universität Uppsala Rätsel auf. Mithilfe von Laserlicht haben sie die Farbpigmente des Bildes untersucht, das den römischen Kaiser Domitian ...
www.nordisch.info
September 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Stammt ein Kaiserporträt mit der Signatur „L daVinci“ vom Meister? Forscher in Uppsala haben die Pigmente mit Laserlicht analysiert. www.nordisch.info/schweden/ein...
Augustus-Chad but also kinda psycho
Tiberius-4Chan guy
Caligula-evil nerd loser
Claudius-old nerd
Nero-evil theater kid
Galba-old
Otho-honorable
Vitellius-fat
Vespasian-cool dad
Titus-cool
Domitian-Suetonius very very biased and rude against my inflation ending boy.
Tiberius-4Chan guy
Caligula-evil nerd loser
Claudius-old nerd
Nero-evil theater kid
Galba-old
Otho-honorable
Vitellius-fat
Vespasian-cool dad
Titus-cool
Domitian-Suetonius very very biased and rude against my inflation ending boy.
September 23, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Augustus-Chad but also kinda psycho
Tiberius-4Chan guy
Caligula-evil nerd loser
Claudius-old nerd
Nero-evil theater kid
Galba-old
Otho-honorable
Vitellius-fat
Vespasian-cool dad
Titus-cool
Domitian-Suetonius very very biased and rude against my inflation ending boy.
Tiberius-4Chan guy
Caligula-evil nerd loser
Claudius-old nerd
Nero-evil theater kid
Galba-old
Otho-honorable
Vitellius-fat
Vespasian-cool dad
Titus-cool
Domitian-Suetonius very very biased and rude against my inflation ending boy.
[old news] Metal detectorists found two 2,000-year-old Roman lead blocks in Wales; the inscriptions revealed they were made under the rule of Emperor Domitian | - The Times of India
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Metal detectorists found two 2,000-year-old Roman lead blocks in Wales; the inscriptions revealed they were made under the rule of Emperor Domitian
The discovery of two Roman lead blocks in Ceredigion has brought a nearly 2,000-year-old piece of Wales history back into view. Found by metal detectorists Nick Yallope and Peter Nicolas on grazing la...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
[old news] Metal detectorists found two 2,000-year-old Roman lead blocks in Wales; the inscriptions revealed they were made under the rule of Emperor Domitian | - The Times of India
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/arch...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/arch...
September 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Upper Floor of the Cages for Wild Animals built by Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amphitheatre and (commonly called the Curia Hostillia) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/237563
September 19, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Upper Floor of the Cages for Wild Animals built by Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amphitheatre and (commonly called the Curia Hostillia) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/237563
September 18, 96 AD
Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy involving court officials, members of his household (notably the freedman Stephanus), and Praetorian officers.
The Roman Senate declared Marcus Cocceius Nerva as emperor.
www.britannica.com/biography/Do...
Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy involving court officials, members of his household (notably the freedman Stephanus), and Praetorian officers.
The Roman Senate declared Marcus Cocceius Nerva as emperor.
www.britannica.com/biography/Do...
Domitian | Roman Emperor, Facts, & Reign of Terror | Britannica
Domitian was a Roman emperor (81–96 CE), known chiefly for the reign of terror under which prominent members of the Senate lived during his last years.
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September 19, 2026 at 2:55 AM
September 18, 96 AD
Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy involving court officials, members of his household (notably the freedman Stephanus), and Praetorian officers.
The Roman Senate declared Marcus Cocceius Nerva as emperor.
www.britannica.com/biography/Do...
Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy involving court officials, members of his household (notably the freedman Stephanus), and Praetorian officers.
The Roman Senate declared Marcus Cocceius Nerva as emperor.
www.britannica.com/biography/Do...
📅 On this day in 96:
Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
#September19 #OnThisDay
Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
#September19 #OnThisDay
September 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
📅 On this day in 96:
Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
#September19 #OnThisDay
Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
#September19 #OnThisDay
Happy assassination day to my guy Domitian.
#OnThisDay in AD 96, Domitian was murdered in the Imperial Palace. The Senate proclaimed Nerva as the new emperor. Hadrian was 20 years old.
September 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Happy assassination day to my guy Domitian.
#OnThisDay in AD 96, Domitian was murdered in the Imperial Palace. The Senate proclaimed Nerva as the new emperor. Hadrian was 20 years old.
September 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
#OnThisDay in AD 96, Domitian was murdered in the Imperial Palace. The Senate proclaimed Nerva as the new emperor. Hadrian was 20 years old.
His assassination in AD96 ended the Flavian dynasty, and the Senate quickly declared Nerva emperor in his place.
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Bust of Domitian, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Statue of Gnaeus Julius Agricola (Bath)
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Bust of Domitian, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Statue of Gnaeus Julius Agricola (Bath)
September 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
His assassination in AD96 ended the Flavian dynasty, and the Senate quickly declared Nerva emperor in his place.
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Bust of Domitian, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Statue of Gnaeus Julius Agricola (Bath)
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Bust of Domitian, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Statue of Gnaeus Julius Agricola (Bath)
An alternative reason is that the #Roman Empire had entered into war with the Kingdom of Dacia in the East and reinforcements were needed.
Domitian, youngest son of Vespasian and brother of Titus, married Domitia Longina, with whom he had a son who died in infancy.
Domitian, youngest son of Vespasian and brother of Titus, married Domitia Longina, with whom he had a son who died in infancy.
September 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
An alternative reason is that the #Roman Empire had entered into war with the Kingdom of Dacia in the East and reinforcements were needed.
Domitian, youngest son of Vespasian and brother of Titus, married Domitia Longina, with whom he had a son who died in infancy.
Domitian, youngest son of Vespasian and brother of Titus, married Domitia Longina, with whom he had a son who died in infancy.
#Tacitus claims that this was because Domitian felt threatened by the success of #Agricola, who had prevailed at the battle of #MonsGraupius in the summer of AD84.
September 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
#Tacitus claims that this was because Domitian felt threatened by the success of #Agricola, who had prevailed at the battle of #MonsGraupius in the summer of AD84.
It was on 18 September 96 CE that Nerva became emperor, after Domitian was assassinated. According to Suetonius, Domitian had decided not to have Nerva murdered because a horoscope foretold the sickly Nerva wouldn't live long. (Nerva in fact survived about another two years before dying of illness.)
September 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
It was on 18 September 96 CE that Nerva became emperor, after Domitian was assassinated. According to Suetonius, Domitian had decided not to have Nerva murdered because a horoscope foretold the sickly Nerva wouldn't live long. (Nerva in fact survived about another two years before dying of illness.)