A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome

A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome provides a systematic and comprehensive examination of the political, economic, social, and cultural nuances of Rome s second Imperial dynasty. The Flavian Age, while lasting only 27 years (69 96 CE), was a crucial phase in the evolution of the Roman Empire. In addition to addressing the social and historical significance of the period, this volume includes essays on its material culture, art and literature, as well as its economic and political structures.

Divided into six thematic sections and including contributions from over two dozen Classical Studies scholars, A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome offers a thorough examination of life during the nearly three decades of Flavian rule. In an effort to further elucidate the complexities of this bygone age, the editor has included a series of appendices that provide detailed chronological and demographic information, as well as an extensive glossary of terms. This Companion will prove invaluable for anyone interested in better understanding the Flavian Age and its role in the propagation of the Roman Empire.

List of Figures and Maps 000

Notes on Contributors 000

Acknowledgments 000

Abbreviations 000

Introduction 000
Andrew Zissos

Part I.  Preliminary

1. Sources and Evidence 000
Frédéric Hurlet

Part II. Dynasty

2. The Remarkable Rise of the Flavians 000
Frederik Juliaan Vervaet

3. The Emperor Vespasian 000
John Nicols

4. The Emperor Titus 000
Charles Leslie Murison

5. The Emperor Domitian 000
Alessandro Galimberti

6. Imperial Image–making 000
Steven L. Tuck

7. Public Images of the Flavian Dynasty: Sculpture and Coinage 000
Susan Wood

8. Remaking Rome 000
Andrew B. Gallia

9. The Flavians and the Senate 000
Lorand Deszpa

Part III. Empire

10. The Economic Impact of Flavian Rule 000
Alessandro Launaro

11. Frontiers, Security and Military Policy 000
Christopher J. Dart

12. Centers and Peripheries 000
Randall Pogorzelski

13. Flavian Judea 000
Mark A. Brighton

14. Flavian Britain 000
Gil Gambash

Part IV. Societies and Cultures

15. Foreigners & Flavians 000
Grant Parker

16. Flavian Women 000
Laura Van Abbema

17. Education 000
Yun Lee Too

18. Flavian Pompeii 000
Eleanor Windsor Leach

19. The Aesthetics of the Everyday in Flavian Art and Literature 000
Sarah H. Blake

20. Flavian Spectacle 000
Helen Lovatt

21. Flavian Literary Culture 000
Antonios Augoustakis

Part V. Literature

22. Epic Poetry: Historicizing the Flavian Epics 000
Neil W. Bernstein

23. Epigram and Occasional Poetry: Social Life and Values in Martial s Epigrams and Statius Silvae 000
William J. Dominik

24. Latin Prose Literature: Author and Authority in the Prefaces of Pliny and Quintilian 000
Paul Roche

25. Flavian Greek Literature 000
Adam Kemezis

26. Lost Literature 000
Michael Dewar

Part VI. Reception

27. The Flavian Legacy 000
Andrew Zissos

28. Vesuvius and Pompeii 000
Andrew Zissos

29. Reception of Flavian Literature 000
Andrew Zissos

Appendix 1. Chronology 000

Appendix 2. Demographic and Other Estimates 000

Appendix 3. Legionary Dispositions 000

Appendix 4. The Lex de Imperio Vespasiani 000

Glossary 000

Index Nominum et Rerum 000

Index Locorum 000

Andrew Zissos is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of numerous peer–reviewed articles on Latin epic, editor of a commentary on Book 1 of Valerius Flaccus Argonautica (2008), and co–editor, with Ingo Gildenhard, of Transformative Change in Western Thought: A History of Metamorphosis from Homer to Hollywood (2013).