The Flavian Dynasty - History of the Roman Empire (69 - 96 AD)

[@Knowledgia]

What do you think about our Rome series? Let us know your opinions and suggestions. What is good and what is missing? :) This video was made in collaboration with: Ancient Sight -> www.youtube.com/@ancientsight Go to his channel and make sure to Subscribe! He produces epic high-quality content about the ancient and medieval world.

[@Steven-dt5nu]

I enjoy his videos.

[@nevanyt]

what map do you guys use? because i also want to do some animations with the map

[@Torfin2001]

Domitian is hands down one of the most based ancient rulers. He solved inflation problems, fought corruption, banned c*stration, etc. In fact, when I read a novel in which a Vestal and her lover try to prevent Domitian from discovering their forbidden romance, my only reaction was: "Sorry, folks, but immorality has no place in the glorious reign of Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus" 😎

[@almighty5839]

Agreed I love Domitian he helped start the next century of prosperity

[@MrBubblecake]

There’s nothing immoral about an adult woman who’s not already in a relationship/marriage falling in love with an adult man, who’s also not in a relationship/marriage, regardless of their profession (priestess). There’s a difference between what is law, and what is morally right. Morals are determined by individual perspectives, not everyone shares the exact same morals. So to say she did something “immoral” is trivial at best. To believe women of the church aren’t allowed to sleep with a man or be in a relationship is what’s truly “immoral” in the eyes of most people, at least the ones that are level headed and fair.

[@twowheelunicycle8603]

@@MrBubblecake his statement is obviously tied to the moral standards of the time and society that is being focused on in this video. No need to go off on some stupid philosophical tangent about what is moral and what is not.

[@barbiquearea]

I can't believe you didn't mention Domitian's graveyard themed dinner party, where he invited Rome's leading senators and other people of importance in the empire. At his dinner party it was reported that the guests were each gifted with a gravestone that bore their names, ate food served on dishes colored black and the room was lit with lamps that were hang in tombs and graveyards. Domitian himself spoke about topics of death and slaughter throughout the night. As you can imagine, the guests were scared out of their wits as they all thought Domitian intended on murdering them that night. To their relief, none of the guests were killed at this terrifying dinner. Just goes to show that while he may not have been as flamboyant as Nero or Caligula. Domitian had his own way of scaring the Roman elite into submission. Which may explain why corruption was at an all time low during his reign.

[@SamLemont]

Written by Cassius Dio over 100 years after it supposedly happened.

[@pretorious700]

That's some serious Gothic shit.

[@bilimsanatduzen2074]

great explanation with graphics, thanks

[@onemoreminute0543]

Underrated dynasty

[@nathanoliver9237]

A dynasty being a guy and his two sons

[@onemoreminute0543]

@@nathanoliver9237 Wouldn't be the last time that happened in Roman history.

[@ShaDowZZZz.]

im named irl after it

[@FlaviusJuliusItalicus-vb5gx]

Thank you for this video. If anyone's very much into the Flavians and the Early Roman Empire in general I firmly recommend Schwerpunkt's series, especially the video on Domitian's government. They make an excellent integration. Keep up with the great work!

[@SklLLLY]

He needs to reorganize his playlists, it’s a chore to dig thru as there are sooo many, as well as many that seem like overlaps

[@wolfecanada6726]

Here after watching "Those About To Die" on Amazon.

[@jhonnymusik97]

Same

[@James-dp6dk]

I watch that show I wait for 2 season

[@Steven-dt5nu]

There is so much to share with history. Hard to pick what to focus on. I think you guys are doing good. Go all the way to Constantine XI. Then after that work on various nations that the Romans had interactions with, or absorb. Ex. Vandals. I enjoy your videos very much.

[@Richuru20]

Nice video men ❤❤

[@TetsuShima]

Vespasian: Heavily contributes in the conquest of Britain, successfully leades the suppression of the first Jewish rebellion with his son, ends the period of the brief emperors and manages the Empire with wisdom and efficiency Also Vespasian: Dies from pooping too much

[@barbiquearea]

Vespasian: "Oh dear. I believe I am becoming a god"

[@davetremaine9688]

Many such cases! A lot of people died of poop related illnesses and died of not washing hands/tools.

[@pauldow1648]

Salmonella

[@svon1]

the Titus that ""persecuted"" Jews, was also having an affair with the Jewish Princess Berenice, daughter of Herod, there was also a Jewish community in Rome at the time, the radicals in Judea just went nuts and most Jews in the first Roman-Jewish wars died because their own radicals killed them for lacking religious extremism

[@micahistory]

Nice video, can't wait to see the rest of this series.

[@jasonthompson6594]

Nice

[@papaianis]

I'm impressed by the fact that the latin names are spelled correctly. Kudos!:)

[@hia5235]

Shout out Ancient Sight Some very detailed videos I watch all the time

[@Torfin2001]

For those interested in the Dacian Wars, there's a pretty cool romanian movie about that conflict called "Dacii (1967)". The actor who played Domitian was too old for the age the emperor had at the time, anyway. It is quite curious how important the Flavians are in Christian history, since Vespasian and Titus were mainly responsible for the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple, not to mention that Domitian is considered the antichr*st portrayed in the Book of Revelation. In fact, the last chapters of the book "the Kingdom of the Wicked" emphasize thisadpect, since in it Domitian, represented as an immature brat, carves the number 666 and murders Saint Matthias moments before the eruption of Vesuvius. Highly recommended. What a cool moment to post this video. This year we are gonna have the three flavian emperors in "Those About to Die". Even though I do not ecpect the show to be a masterpiece, it's fascinating to have such emperors in a high-budget production, not to mention that Anthony Hopkins as Vespasian is PERFECTION

[@Rhiannonganon]

I cant help but feel sorry for titus, three months after he was crowned emperor, Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum which he saw as a sign the gods weren't happy with him being emperor, he did spend his own money on relief efforts but noone ever went back to Pompeii and Herculaneum, chiosing to leave it as a grave to those who were lost in the disaster, in a huge way its sad that they didnt rebuild but also in a way im happy they didnt, weve learned so much from those towns about how they lived, how they worked, how they ate etc etc and we now know Pompeii and the bay of naples area like now, was also a holiday destination for alot of rich romans and it was a wonderful place to live (eruption not withstanding of course)

[@alex_zetsu]

I think the fall of Nero destabilized every dynasty that came after. In other kingdoms in the future of Europe, Asia, or Africa, a monarch often had to worry about a family member trying to claim the throne. But in the Roman Empire, it wasn't just your cousins, uncles, and in-laws that were a threat. Every general could do it, after all the Pinceps was just "officially" a title given by the Senate. So many Emperors ended up killing perfectly loyal generals just to avoid being usurped while many other monarchs would just make sure those generals didn't get too cozy with other members of the royal family.

[@hannibal-rb3go]

The dynasty didn't fail it just died out because the brothers had no sons that reached adulthood. Vespasian was a good stop gap to end the civil wars. Titus by all accounts was a good guy. And Domitian only gets shit on because he purposefully pissed off the senate, who were writing the history books. Domitian didn't lose territory and he was the only emperor to actually increase the value of the money instead of debasing it.

[@Sarvonis]

Not true Roman emperor Aurelian managed to reset the coin to better heights than Dominican!

[@patrickjeffers7864]

The pronunciation of titus is killing me lol..tee-tos? Always thought it was tie/ty-tus..

[@macri-xo3eb]

Noticed the same thing: for once an english speaker pronounces a latin name correctly

[@didrikmesicek4825]

Yes, how dare languages other than MURICAN exist

[@vitorpereira9515]

If you think this dynasty was short, the chinese Xin dynasty lasted only 14 years.

[@arishemghoul9571]

woah lol

[@danielating1316]

It's actually spelt as "Qin Dynasty".

[@vitorpereira9515]

@@danielating1316 I know what I wrote, if you searched you would know too.

[@danielating1316]

@@vitorpereira9515 you are referring to the usurpation of the Han Dynasty by Wang?

[@vitorpereira9515]

@@danielating1316 Yes.

[@martiawesome]

For me domitian is one the most underrated emperor in the roman empire ..laid the foundation for the peak of rome…trajan was a general under domitian and the troops loved domitian..they insisted to trajan be named heir to nerva ..

[@Caesar_Himself]

They are pronounced VES-PAY-SIAN and TY-TUS. not whatever you were saying. Good video though, especially giving Domitian his dues

[@IlCombatWombatlI]

Teet-Us had me laughing so hard.

[@10Deei]

You are aware Roman emperors didn't have English name pronunciation, right?

[@IlCombatWombatlI]

Yeah, but even actual ancient historians, top of their game, help make documentaries, even they use English pronunciation.

[@Zhuge_Ke]

you make them sound like fancy salad dressings :D

[@Alexander-Bunyip]

Was this the era that Asterix & Obelisk were at their peak rebelliousness?

[@didrikmesicek4825]

No, some 130 years before, during Caesar's campaigns in Gaul

[@TetsuShima]

*Fun fact:* Domitian appears in the movie "The Bible Collection: Apocalypse", in which Richard Harris portrays St. John.The most hilarious thing is that Domitian was played by Bruce Payne, the overacting bald man with blue lips from the movie Dungeons & Dragons. 😂😂😂

[@SklLLLY]

Sounds like something I need to watch immediately 😂

[@AaronDoWrk]

Just finished those who are about to die Domitian is mad lucky Titus actually didn’t just kill him

[@svon1]

you have to be using very old sources, most scholars nowadays think that why the people loved Domitian the Senate hated him, interfering with their Bribery and tax evasion and almost all negative accounts of him come from the richer upper class, this does not look properly researched

[@bryanmatos3994]

Domitian became the first officially autocratic ruler. He had disregard for the senate and rightfully so. The same institution that caused the degradation of the republic and incompetence governing lead to many civil wars. For this alone the elite class of politicians hated the guy and tried to damn his legacy. Domitian was probably never meant to be emperor his father brought prosperity and stability and and continued with his famous general brother who sadly passed away way too young on the throne and it was now up to him to continue and he did what he could and a damn good job he did. He was a ruthless but efficient autocrat.

[@ZxZ239]

The way you say their names... is not how I was taught in history class.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

That's how their names were pronounced Vespasianus Sounded like Vaspasean Titus sounded like Tetus Domitianus Domiteon I guess you can sound them out on your own from this. But their names were pronounced differently than what we today are taught

[@Westdash6785]

@@iDeathMaximuMIIIt’s likely most all of the words used in the narrative were pronounced differently at one time and the “correct” pronunciation used for the names here just sounds pretentious. Gotta seem smarter than others? Ok man

[@menofwar1155]

Were you really paranoid if it ends up that the cause of your death was a conspiracy???

[@CARL_093]

👍👍

[@markuskristersson4663]

Basically because the senate disliked Domitian

[@Onetwelvefourth]

Not happy with your Italian style of pronunciation of the names. This was Rome not modern Italy. Consonants were hard not soft.

[@asimbliskovac9720]

Do you think that Romans spoke english?🤔 When in Rome do as Romans do. 🤫

[@marleneweber853]

Could the name pronunciations be anymore grating?

[@roostercogburn8700]

Its Vespasian. Vess-spay-zee-un. Titus. Tie-tuss.

[@stomas-32229]

Started so abrupt

[@flankspeed]

My God, I am finding it very difficult to listen to Roman emperors' names being pronounced like they were French 😂 Le Vespaziane

[@johnthebull]

Bro, what are those pronunciations?

[@jf5177]

Christianity was part of Vespian’s propaganda campaign

[@theawesomeman9821]

how so? I'm sure he persecuted Christians.

[@sailingbarisheet]

Flavious Josephus was a Jewish priest and scholar who defected to Rome. He wrote the propaganda for the Flavius Emperor Vespasian. See Britannica online.

[@DennisMHenderson]

@@theawesomeman9821no just (the other half of the McDonald’s of Babylon) terrorace hiding in the new-born idolatry

[@emmanouilachladiotis5272]

It is said that the bible is a satirical book that Rome created. That st Peter the one hanged upside-down is actually Titus Flavius "Petro". Petro is Peter

[@1234Xten]

A comment made with 0 reason, 0 citation of scholars and evidences can be dismiss.

[@leonarddixon152]

R U ALL REALLY SERIOUS?😲 ? U ALL CANT BE SERIOUS?

[@faenethlorhalien]

C is pronounced as a hard C always in latin. As in "car" or "cock".

[@irgendwer3610]

he probably put the Latin name through google translate to hear how they are pronounced, google translate reuses the italian model for Latin too

[@Kassandra-p6g]

Both are okay. I favour their Latium prononciation that are clear and easliy understandable. However most people call a Latis person with Church prononciation or Italiano prononciation.

[@martinalarcon3108]

Domitian 😮😢 was the sleepy 😴 joe of Ancient Rome 😮😢

[@JayceeGenocide]

It didn't FAIL. The Roman Flavians created christian MYTHology.

[@geoffreycanie4609]

Since you're speaking in English you may as well just pronounce Roman names the way they traditionally are said. We get that in Latin they were different

[@RoboticDragon]

You have to work on pronunciation when it comes to these names.

[@michaelbilotta1567]

super rushed

[@GarredHATES]

So the scrawny black dude from the show WONT kill Domitian then

[@ipdavid1043]

the empire who stole tons of culture

[@ankundamwebembezi6358]

They copied others and improved on them.

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

tit-us xD

[@tre3961]

God i love rome so much

[@johnthebull]

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