Flavian dynasty

Examples of Flavian dynasty in the following topics:

• Flavian Architecture

  • Under the Flavian dynasty, a massive building program was undertaken, leaving multiple enduring landmarks in the city of Rome, the most spectacular of which was the Flavian Amphitheatre, better known as the Colosseum.
  • The Flavian dynasty is perhaps best known for its vast construction program on the city of Rome, intended to restore the capital from the damage it had suffered during the Great Fire of 64, and the civil war of 69.
  • Construction of this building was hastily finished to coincide with the completion of the Flavian Amphitheatre.
  • The most enduring landmark of the Flavian dynasty was the Flavian Amphitheatre, better known as the Colosseum.
  • Identify some of the key structures erected by the Flavian Emperors

• The Flavian Dynasty

  • The Flavian dynasty, which began under the rule of Vespasian during the Year of the Four Emperors, is known for several significant historic, economic and military events that took place during their reign.
  • The Flavian dynasty was a Roman imperial dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 AD and 96 AD, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian (69–79), and his two sons Titus (79–81) and Domitian (81–96).
  • The following day, the Roman Senate officially declared Vespasian emperor of the Roman Empire, thus commencing the Flavian dynasty.
  • A massive building program was enacted to celebrate the ascent of the Flavian dynasty, leaving multiple enduring landmarks in the city of Rome, the most spectacular of which was the Flavian Amphitheatre, better known as the Colosseum.
  • Vespasian founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empire for twenty-seven years.

• Military Achievements of the Flavians

  • On the military front, the Flavian dynasty witnessed the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in 70 and substantial conquests in Great Britain under command of Gnaeus Julius Agricola between 77 and 83.
  • On the military front, the Flavian dynasty witnessed the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in 70, following the failed Jewish rebellion of 66.
  • The most significant military campaign undertaken during the Flavian period, was the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 70 by Titus.
  • Describe some of the military achievements and challenges of the Flavian Emperors

• Fall of the Flavian Emperors

  • Domitian, the last of the Flavian emperors, was a ruthless autocrat who develop many enemies, some of whom eventually assassinated him, giving rise to the long-lived Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
  • Flavian rule came to an end on September 18, 96, when Domitian was assassinated.
  • He was succeeded by the longtime Flavian supporter and advisor Marcus Cocceius Nerva, who founded the long-lived Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
  • To suggest the dynasty owed its accession to murder would have been less than sensitive.
  • Analyze the factors that led to the fall of the Flavian Dynasty

• Architecture of the Early Roman Empire

  • The Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties of the early Roman Empire oversaw some of the best-known building projects of the era.
  • The early Roman Empire consisted of two dynasties: the Julio-Claudians (Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero) and the Flavians (Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian).
  • Each dynasty made significant contributions to the architecture of the capital city and the Empire.
  • A similar pattern would appear on the Colosseum under the Flavians in the late first century CE.
  • Exterior of the Flavian Amphitheater or Colosseum. 70-80 CE.

• Imperial Sculpture under the Nervan-Antonines

  • Imperial portraiture under the Flavians had begun depicting the emperors as mature, older men.
  • Nerva's portraiture followed the style of imperial portraiture during the Flavian era.
  • During the Nervan-Antonine period, portraits of imperial women and their hairstyles kept some Flavian flavor but where simpler than they had been.
  • Trajan's wife Pompeia Plotina and his niece Matidia established a new style that was almost an abstraction of the Flavian style.
  • Contrast male and female imperial portraiture during this time period from that of the Flavian dynasty.

• The Last Julio-Claudian Emperors

  • Nero reigned as Roman Emperor from 54 to 68 CE and was the last emperor in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
  • The Senate acknowledged Vespasian as emperor the next day, marking the beginning of the Flavian dynasty that was to succeed that of the Julio-Claudian line.
  • Explain how Nero and other factors contributed to the fall of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty.

• The Qing Dynasty

• Introduction to the Shang Dynasty

  • The Shang Dynasty (also called the Yin Dynasty) succeeded the Xia Dynasty, and was followed by the Zhou Dynasty.
  • Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty (the first Chinese dynasty), was overthrown c. 1760 BCE by Cheng Tang.
  • While scholars still debate whether the Xia Dynasty actually existed, there is little doubt  that the Shang Dynasty existed.
  • The Shang Dynasty is, therefore, generally considered China's first historical dynasty.
  • The Shang Dynasty is the oldest Chinese dynasty supported by archaeological finds.

• The Second Intermediate Period

  • The Second Intermediate Period (c. 1650-1550 BCE) spanned the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Dynasties, and was a period in which decentralized rule split Egypt between the Theban-based Seventeenth Dynasty in Upper Egypt and the Sixteenth Dynasty under the Hyksos in the north.
  • The capital of this dynasty was likely Avaris.
  • They would also conquer the Sixteenth Dynasty in Thebes and a local dynasty in Abydos (see below).
  • The Abydos Dynasty was a short-lived local dynasty that ruled over part of Upper Egypt and was contemporaneous with the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Dynasties c. 1650-1600 BCE.
  • Thebes was the capital of many of the Sixteenth Dynasty pharaohs.