Reign of Terror
Nov 11, 2005
On the surface Domitian?s reign consisted of no more ?terrorizing? acts than the emperors that preceded him, but his relationship with the senate and aristocracy helped to foster a tarnished image. Additionally his strict moral policies, including religious censorship in the form of Jewish (which in Domitian?s view included Christians) taxation, helped establish an appearance of persecution that some later writers mistakenly focused on…
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