The Sodales Flauiales Titiales, the Flamen Dialis, and the Propaganda of Domitian

Abstract

Abstract:I analyze the literary and iconographic sources of the Domitianic period in order to propose the co-ordination of the sodales Flaviales Titiales by the flamen Dialis during the rule of the last of the Flavians. The ideological relevance of Jupiter in Domitian's propaganda is such that it influences the development of the imperial cult under his rule to the point of the fusion of the dynastic and divine discourses of legitimization, leaving iconographical evidence in the decoration of both the Templum Diui Vespasiani and the Templum Gentis Flauiae.