...This introductory chapter begins by surveying the political career of Yosef ben Mattityahu, who became T(itus) Flavius Josephus after being granted Roman citizenship by Vespasian in 71. It then charts his literary career as a diaspora Jew writing in the city of Rome, outlining briefly the aims...

... wars of 68–9 c.e. It argues instead for a playwright well aware of the devastating civil wars of 68–9 and of Vespasian, the new claimant who promised Rome another end of strife. While evidence remains inconclusive, this chapter lays further groundwork for situating the Octavia...

...This chapter examines the representation of vatic activity in the Argonautica, which offers a metric for gauging Valerius' conception of the function of poetry in the context of Vespasianic Rome. Valerian vates, in contrast to their Lucanian predecessors, employ...

... as a time conducive to bona fide heroics, a situation made possible by the Argonautic moment ushered in by Vespasian's accession to power. Lucan’s Bellum Civile Valerius’ Argonautica genre women Nausicaa HOMER VERGIL Vergil’s Aeneid Ars am Hermaphroditus Salmacis Actaeon ARATUS CICERO OVID...

... The Chaucer experience Gilbert Jane Muscatine Charles Prins Yopie Scala Elizabeth Tennyson Alfred Lord intermedial environment alterity Butterfield Ardis Gray Douglas danse macabre dance of death John Lydgate Cotton Vespasian A.25 Lansdowne 699 medieval manuscripts poetic form virtual...

... to late in the reign of Vespasian, there remains a strong possibility (though certainty is impossible) that Book 7 was added later, in the reign of Domitian. As a consequence of this, Book 7 will be treated separately in this study, and special care will be taken to be sensitive to specifically Domitianic...

... of Alexandria Philo of Byblos Phoenician antiquarian suicide Josephus Jewish War Roman historiography Flavian dynasty Vespasian Titus Domitian literary expression censorship Jewish Revolt Having completed our examination and analysis of the major elements of Flavian representation...

... with living substitutes, first actresses who wore Poppaea masks, and then by his castrated freedman Sporus/“Poppaea.” As emperor, Poppaea’s former husband Otho compelled the Senate to order the restoration of Poppaea’s images. Vespasian actively sought to discredit his predecessor Nero, however. Poppaea’s...

... promised greater virtue and stability than the preceding dynasty. On the other, the play’s ominous evocations of previous conflicts showed that civil war always remained a possibility. Pseudo-Seneca Octavia Nurse tragedy historical drama Vespasian A brutal 18-month civil war that we conventionally...

...Vespasian established his rule as emperor in 69 and, with his prior experience of campaigning in Britain, focused Roman attention on completing the conquest. He appointed an ambitious governor and supplied an extra legion to accomplish this task. The first phase of conquest under Vespasian resulted...

...Divine Guidance. John A. Jillions, Oxford University Press (2020). © Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190055738.003.0001 Josephus (37–100 ce) was a Jewish Roman scholar, historian, general, and advisor to Vespasian and Titus. For a brief period he led Jewish troops...

...: the spectacular tunnel of Vespasian and Titus. To reach Seleucia Pieria, travel 18 miles south of Antakya (ancient Antioch) to the village of Samandağ, then proceed north along the beach road approximately 2 miles to the little settlement of Çevlik. Portions of the ancient breakwater are clearly visible from...

...In the year ad 69 four contenders — Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian — vied for political power, with Vespasian emerging as the victor. The new dynasty founded by Vespasian, the Flavian, lasted from ad 69 to ad 98. Vespasian began a long series of building projects...

... this study regards the epic as a product of Vespasianic Rome a reexamination of the evidence is in order. This is made all the more pressing in light of the positions adopted by several of Valerius' most recent and influential commentators, who suggest that composition of the poem extended well...

...The fall of Nero in 68 CE, followed by the "Year of the Four Emperors" ending with the victory of Vespasian, is not usually treated as a revolution, and this chapter is therefore an exception in doing so. It analyzes the political transformation that led to the fall of Nero as an integrative...

... daimons and Philostratus biographies healings Serapis Vespasian mythos mythoi Tacitus dead raising of Dio Cassius resuscitations culture mythic historiography ontological expectations Boyer Pascal Seneca Heracles Apollonius of Tyana Vespasian Dioscuri Philostratus Orpheus Miracle...

...This introductory chapter begins with an overview of the representation of Campania, a region noted for its fertility and volcanic landscape, in Latin literature before the period of the Flavian emperors, Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian. The chapter also provides an overview...

... the archaeological, textual, and visual evidence for the appearance of the Catulan, Vespasianic, and Domitianic versions of the temple, it charts how the Capitolium became physically larger and materially grander with each phase. In this way, it is possible to see how the temple retained its nominal identity...

..., and renewed civil war in ad 69. The chapter argues that the work was written under Vespasian, perhaps to allow him to appear a new Augustus come to end the preceding chaos. The work is significant for indicating the extent of Plutarch’s contacts with Roman society, his study of recent Roman history...

...Plutarch was a citizen of Delphi, member and sometime head (epimelete) of the governing Amphictyonic Council, and priest of Apollo. This chapter discusses Plutarch’s visits to Rome and possible participation in negotiations in favour of Delphi with four emperors, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian...