2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Domitian's Memory and the Imperial Succession

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24820056
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	History of Europe and America
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	FUKUYAMA Yuko 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 助手 (40633425)
Project Period (FY)	2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	ローマ皇帝 / ダムナティオ・メモリアエ
Research Abstract	My research aims to clarify the political background of the imperial succession from Domitian to Nerva and Trajan, using Damnatio Memoriae to verify the attitude of people towards Domitian. The effect of Damnatio Memoriae was incompleteness and there are many epigraphical evidences which still have the name of Domitian. Investigating epigraphical records of Domitian, I could make clear that the his name was erased on much of milestones set up in remote regions. The relationship between Domitian and the Roman Army was strong. For that reason, successive emperors have to attach very importance to manage them.

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