The Enigma of Julia Augusta Titi

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The Enigma of Julia Augusta Titi
Kohn, Thomas D.

From the journal Historia Historia, Volume 71, September 2022, issue 4

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

article, 14797 Words
Original language: English
Historia 2022, pp 459-484
https://doi.org/10.25162/historia-2022-0016

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Julia Augusta, daughter of Titus, is ubiquitous in literature, epigraphy and numismatics. This article examines the literary sources, concluding that the writers alive during Flavian rule are more reliable than those a century or more later. It further argues that Julia Augusta received this name in adolescence and served an important role in Flavian propaganda, both as a link to the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and as a promise that the Flavian Dynasty would extend beyond Domitian. Finally, it suggests that literary sources usually taken as hostile to Domitian (i. e., Suetonius and Juvenal) used Julia Augusta to promote more positive talking points.

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Thomas D. Kohn

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Julia Augusta Titi | Flavian Dynasty | Suetonius | Juvenal | Propaganda

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