person
Domitian
also: Domitianus
Roman emperor AD 81–96, last of the Flavians, remembered as a tyrant and assassinated. Pliny never names him as the 'idle and envious emperor' who summoned Trajan from Spain, but he is meant throughout as the foil to Trajan.
Reading notes
- The Letters §1.5.1 Domitian
The emperor Domitian (r. AD 81-96), whose reign of treason-trials and executions shadows the early letters; assassinated in 96.
- The Letters §3.9.31 Domitian
Emperor (AD 81-96) whose reign of terror frames the Stoic-opposition memories.
- The Letters §7.27.14 Domitian
The emperor Domitian (reigned 81-96), under whose terror Pliny feared prosecution; the recurring tyrant of the Letters.
- The Letters §10.58.3 Domitian
Roman emperor AD 81-96; his grants and letters in Archippus's favor had to be weighed against the philosopher's criminal sentence.
- Panegyric to Trajan §11 Domitian
Emperor AD 81–96, last Flavian, assassinated and condemned to oblivion; throughout the speech he is the unnamed tyrant against whom Trajan is measured.
Mentioned in 2 works (21 mentions)
Panegyric to Trajan
The Letters
- §1.12.6 Domitian
- §1.5.1 Domitian
- §1.5.14 Domitian
- §1.5.5 Domitian
- §3.9.31 Domitian
- §3.9.33 Domitian
- §4.11.11 Domitian
- §4.11.13 Domitian
- §4.11.5 Domitian
- §4.22.5 Domitian
- §4.9.2 Domitian
- §7.27.14 Domitian
- §9.13.2 Domitian
- §10.58.10 Domitian
- §10.58.3 Domitian
- §10.60.1 Domitian
- §10.65.3 Domitian
- §10.66.2 Domitian
- §10.72.1 Domitian