Flavian Visual Propaganda : Building a Dynasty

Authors

Michael Vasta, Illinois Wesleyan University

Abstract

The Flavian triumph itself was a complex and elaborate pageant that must be examined in each of its parts. It, as Beard persuasively argues, was designed to be the “Flavian coronation, the official launch party and press night of the Flavian dynasty.” The usurpers are transformed into an “established imperial dynasty” and Titus changes from “conqueror of Jerusalem to Flavian Caesar.” The triumph is the beginning of the propaganda program designed to give legitimacy to Vespasian and his sons.

Recommended Citation

Vasta, Michael (2007) "Flavian Visual Propaganda : Building a Dynasty," Constructing the Past: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/constructing/vol8/iss1/10