Ancient Rome Quiz!

[europe1]

Unpopular opinion? My favourite Roman Emperor is Elagabalus don't @ me.

The woke has officially gone to far

 

[Domitian]

Nerd got bullied for hanging out with houseflies all days and 2000 years later he gets white knighted on Sherdog. Not even Domitian's daddy liked him. Wouldn't even allow him in the Victory parade! Squidward-ass Emperor.

This goes back to my stating Domitian got a bad reputation a bit unfortunately. The Senators hated him, so when they wrote about him it wasn't fondly. I'll name some notable things he did.

1) He made the Empire massively rich. The evidence for this is that he gave the soldiers a 1/3rd pay bump. Now, Rome had about 300,000 men under service so he apparently had enough to raise all their pay by 33%.

2) He's one of only 3 Emperors ever to make an attempt at combatting inflation. He recognized it as a problem long before anyone else did and increased the silver content in all the coins.

3) He started and completed many massive building projects around Rome

He's a large reason for the success that Trajan had in his reign. If Trajan had inherited the Empire Nero had left Vespasian, he wouldn't have accomplished even half of what he did. Domitian had been building roads, forts, and military networks all around Dacia planning for an eventual invasion, except he was murdered before he could start it.

 

[europe1]

This goes back to my stating Domitian got a bad reputation a bit unfortunately. The Senators hated him, so when they wrote about him it wasn't fondly. I'll name some notable things he did.

1) He made the Empire massively rich. The evidence for this is that he gave the soldiers a 1/3rd pay bump. Now, Rome had about 300,000 men under service so he apparently had enough to raise all their pay by 33%.

2) He's one of only 3 Emperors ever to make an attempt at combatting inflation. He recognized it as a problem long before anyone else did and increased the silver content in all the coins.

3) He started and completed many massive building projects around Rome

He's a large reason for the success that Trajan had in his reign. If Trajan had inherited the Empire Nero had left Vespasian, he wouldn't have accomplished even half of what he did. Domitian had been building roads, forts, and military networks all around Dacia planning for an eventual invasion, except he was murdered before he could start it.

And I'm telling you, "buddy".

Titus banging out the Hebrews > Domitian weaksauce persecuting Jesus-worshippers.

Titus banging hot Jewish Queens as sidepieces > Domitian bitterly simping for vestal virgins.

His dad Flavius was one of the funniest Roman Emperors. "Money don't stink, boy". *Resting shit face*. "I think I'm becomming a God". All of them legendary 10/10 bangers. Meanwhile Domitian was basically a War Room poster.

Now, I will give Domitian credit for his: Enter the Dragon-esque "Palace of Mirrors" hideout. Top-level villain lair and very creative. I'm not unresonable, you see. But one good final boss-level does not compensate for his the rest of his career.

 

[Domitian]

And I'm telling you, "buddy".

Titus banging out the Hebrews > Domitian weaksauce persecuting Jesus-worshippers.

Titus banging hot Jewish Queens as sidepieces > Domitian bitterly simping for vestal virgins.

His dad Flavius was one of the funniest Roman Emperors. "Money don't stink, boy". *Resting shit face*. "I think I'm becomming a God". All of them legendary 10/10 bangers. Meanwhile Domitian was basically a War Room poster.

Now, I will give Domitian credit for his: Enter the Dragon-esque "Palace of Mirrors" hideout. Top-level villain lair and very creative. I'm not unresonable, you see. But one good final boss-level does not compensate for his the rest of his career.

I like Vespasian and Titus as well. The Flavian Dynasty as a whole is probably the best dynasty Rome ever had. Domitian kind of got the short end of the stick. Vespasian expected Titus to reign for a very very long time and didn't ever really focus on giving Domitian the type of education that Titus had received.

Titus was also much older than Domitian. Of course, within 2 years of Titus reign he tragically fell ill and died.

I'll give you the Domitian being a Sherdogger part. I'm pretty sure he wrote a book lamenting about becoming bald and losing his hair.

 

[europe1]

I'm pretty sure he wrote a book lamenting about becoming bald and losing his hair.

C-C-C-Claudius writing a book about dice-games and Mark Anthony about partying is very funny to me. You're the most powerful man in the world and that's what you spend your time on.