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Domitian’s Damnatio: A Critical Case Analysis

2019/2020, TOM 13

Karol Kłodziński

0000-0002-4625-2874

University of Gdańsk, Faculty of History, Department of Ancient History

Paweł Sawiński

0000-0001-8730-7272

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts

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12.09.2026

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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history

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English

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Abstract

Domitian’s damnatio has been looked into many times and from many angles; following the path of senatorial historical writings, researchers have often emphasized the totality of the results of the senate decree which ordained it. Based on an analysis of narrative sources, epigraphic evidence, images and statues of Domitian, monuments, and coins, the authors tried to verify that simplistic opinion, pointing out his posthumous popularity in some social circles.

Keywords:

Domitian,damnatio memoriae,inscriptions,statues

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