“bad” rulers are frequently described with corpulent markers (Nero, Vitellius, Domitian), while some “good” or moderate emperors are only “a little fat.” The ...
In a year defined by civil war, his reign exemplified how disastrously the empire could suffer when authority fell into the hands of a man with no appetite for rule.Domitian (81–96 CE) – The Last of the Flavians.
After enduring fires, reconstructions, and imperial enhancements, the Circus reached its grandest form under Emperors Domitian and Trajan...Extremes occurred — Domitian ran one hundred short-lap ...