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Domitian has gone down in history as one of Rome’s worst emperors. When he met his violent end in AD 96, subsequent writers did everything they could to demolish his reputation.
But a new exhibition at Leiden’s Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) uses a broad palette of sources to present a considerably more layered and varied history of the emperor than the exceedingly negative one that followed his death.
On this episode of The PastCast, two of its curators, Nathalie de Haan and Eric M Moormann, discuss their article on Domitian and the new exhibition in the latest issue of Minerva magazine (also available on The Past website). They spoke with regular PastCast presenter, Calum Henderson.
The exhibition, God on Earth: Emperor Domitian runs at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (the National Museum of Antiquities) in Leiden between 17 December 2021 and 22 May 2022. See the museum’s website for more details.
The Past brings together the most exciting stories and the very best writing from the realms of history, archaeology, heritage, and the ancient world. You can subscribe to The Past today for just £7.99. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider liking it, subscribing, and sharing it around.
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By The PastDomitian has gone down in history as one of Rome’s worst emperors. When he met his violent end in AD 96, subsequent writers did everything they could to demolish his reputation.
But a new exhibition at Leiden’s Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) uses a broad palette of sources to present a considerably more layered and varied history of the emperor than the exceedingly negative one that followed his death.
On this episode of The PastCast, two of its curators, Nathalie de Haan and Eric M Moormann, discuss their article on Domitian and the new exhibition in the latest issue of Minerva magazine (also available on The Past website). They spoke with regular PastCast presenter, Calum Henderson.
The exhibition, God on Earth: Emperor Domitian runs at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (the National Museum of Antiquities) in Leiden between 17 December 2021 and 22 May 2022. See the museum’s website for more details.
The Past brings together the most exciting stories and the very best writing from the realms of history, archaeology, heritage, and the ancient world. You can subscribe to The Past today for just £7.99. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider liking it, subscribing, and sharing it around.