Titus Flavius Caesar
Titus Flavius Caesar (* 73 probably in Rome ; † 82 (?) Ibid) was designated heir to the throne of the Roman emperor Domitian .
Flavius was the only son of Domitian and his wife Domitia Longina ; he had a younger sister of unknown name. The boy died in the second year of his father's reign and was promoted to divus . The fact that Flavius was designated Caesar and heir to the throne during his lifetime is suggested by posthumous gold and silver coins minted in 82/83 , on which he is referred to as Divus Caesar and his mother Domitia as Divi Caesaris Mater .
After Domitian was denied another heir to the throne, he probably chose two sons of his cousin Titus Flavius Clemens - who was executed shortly afterwards - under the emperor names Vespasian and Domitian by adoption in early 95 as his presumptive successors.
literature
- Ernst Stein : Domitius 103. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 1514.
- Jean-Luc Desnier: Divus Caesar Imp. Domitiani F. In: Revue des études anciennes 81, 1979, pp. 54-64.
- Ernest P. Janzen: The Jesus of the Apocalypse Wears the Emperor's Clothes. In: Society of Biblical Literature. Seminar Papers 33, 1994, pp. 637-661.
- Dietmar Kienast : Diva Domitilla . In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76, 1989, pp. 141–147 ( online version ; PDF; 168 kB).
- Eric R. Varner: Domitia Longina and the Politics of Portraiture . In: American Journal of Archeology 99, 1995, pp. 187-206.
Web links
Remarks
- ^ After Varner, p. 188 f. The full name has not been passed down from the time.
- ↑ This information Suetons ( Domitian 3,1 ) is partly questioned by research and a date of death is assumed shortly after birth. See Dietrich OA Klose : The coinage of Smyrna in the Roman Empire . De Gruyter, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-11010-620-5 , p. 11 f.
- ↑ Cf. Ruth Lindner : Myth and Identity. Studies on the self-portrayal of cities in Asia Minor in the Roman Empire . Steiner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-51506-529-6 , p. 179 .
- ↑ Cf. Hildegard Temporini : The women at the court of Trajan: A contribution to the position of the Augustae in the Principate . De Gruyter, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-11002-297-4 , p. 40 .
- ↑ Suetonius, Domitian 15.1 ; for dating cf. Kienast, Diva Domitilla , p. 144 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flavius Caesar, Titus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Divus Caesar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of the Roman Emperor Domitian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 73 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | 82 |
| Place of death | Rome |