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This is a blog dedicated to the coinage struck by the Flavian Dynasty. Many numismatic and historical topics will be covered!

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References cited:

• RIC – The Roman Imperial Coinage II Part 1, I. Carradice and T.V. Buttrey (London, 2007)
• BMC – Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum II, H. Mattingly (London, 1966)
• RSC – Roman Silver Coins II, H.A. Seaby (London, 1979)
• RPC – Roman Provincial Coinage II, A. Burnett, M. Amandry, I. Carradice (London and Paris, 1999)
• BNC – Monnaies de l’Empire Romain III, J.-B. Giard (Paris, 1998)

• Hendin – Guide to Biblical Coins, D. Hendin (New York, 2010)
• Emmett – Alexandrian Coins, K. Emmett (Lodi, Wisconsin, 2001)
• Dattari-Savio – Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini, A. Savio, ed. (Trieste, 1999)
• Prieur – The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 258, M. Prieur & K. Prieur (Lancaster, PA, 2000)

A list of books about the Flavian Era:

Primary Sources –

Suetonius: The Flavian Emperors – Historical commentary and Translation by Brian Jones and Robert Milns
Tacitus The Histories – Translated by Kenneth Wellesley
Tacitus Agricola and Germany – Translated by A. R. Birley
Tacitus Agricola – Commentary by R. M. Ogilvie and I. A. Richmond
Pliny Natural History – Translated by H. Rackham (Loeb)
Juvenal The Sixteen satires – Translated by Peter Green
Martial Epigrams – Translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey (Loeb)
Josephus The Jewish War – Translated by H. St. J. Thackeray (Loeb)
Josephus The Jewish War -Translated by Martin Hammond with Introduction and notes by Martin Goodman

The Emperors –

The Year of the Four Emperors – Kenneth Wellesley
Vespasian – Barbara Levick
Vespasian and the Partes Flavianae – John Nicols
The Emperor Titus – Brian Jones
The Emperor Domitian – Brian Jones
Domitian: Tragic Tyrant – Pat Southern
From Tiberius to the Antonines – Albino Garzetti

The Jewish War and Flavius Josephus –

A History of The Jewish War – Steve Mason
The Jews Against Rome – Susan Sorek
The Jewish Revolt Against Rome – Popovic (Ed.)
Apocalypse: The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome 66-73 – Neil Faulkner
Jerusalem Under Siege – Jonathan J. Price
The Roman Siege of Jerusalem – Rupert Furneaux
Masada – Yigael Yadin
Rome and Jerusalem – Martin Goodman
Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome – Edited by Edmondson, Mason, & Rives
Josephus in Galilee and Rome – Shaye J. D. Cohen
Josephus – Tessa Rajak
Flavius Josephus Between Jerusalem and Rome – Per Bilde
Josephus: The man and the Historian – H. St. J. Thackeray
Jerusalem’s Traitor – Desmond Seward
Flavius Josephus – Mireille Hadas-Lebel
A Jew Among Romans – Frederic Raphael
For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews Against Rome – Guy Rogers
Masada – Jodi Magness

Agricola –

Agricola and the Conquest of the North – W. S. Hanson
Agricola and Roman Britain – A. R. Burn
A Battle Lost: Romans and Caledonians at Mons Graupius – Gordon Maxwell
The Roman Conquest of Scotland: The Battle of Mons Graupius AD 84 – James E. Fraser
Mons Graupius AD 83 – Duncan Campbell
Roman Scotland – David Breeze
The Romans in Scotland – Gordon Maxwell
Rome’s First Frontier: The Flavian Occupation of Northern Scotland – D.J. Woolliscroft and B. Hoffmann

Pompeii and Herculaneum –

The Natural History of Pompeii – Jashemski and Meyer
Herculaneum – Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum – Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
The Complete Pompeii – Joanne Berry
Pompeii – L. Richardson, Jr.
Pompeii – Zanker
The Fires of Vesuvius – Mary Beard
Vesuvius AD 79 – E. De Carolis and G. Patricelli
Romans on the Bay of Naples – John H. D’ Arms
Ghosts of Vesuvius – Charles Pellegrino
Herculaneum: Italy’s Buried Treasure – Joseph Jay Deiss
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum – Paul Roberts
Roman Pompeii: Space and Society – Ray Laurence
The World of Pompeii – Edited by John J. Dobbins and Pedar W. Foss
Pompeii: A Source book – Alison E. Cooley and M. G. L. Cooley
Pompeii – Alison E. Cooley
Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius – Pedar W. Foss

The Colosseum –

The Colosseum – Ada Gabucci, Editor
The Colosseum – K. Hopkins and M. Beard
Arena: The Story of the Colosseum – John Pearson
Colosseum – Peter Connolly
A Monument to Dynasty and Death – Nathan T. Elkins

The Coinage –

Coinage and Finances in the Reign of Domitian – Ian Carradice
The Metallurgy of Roman silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan – Butcher and Ponting

General works –

Emperors and architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome – R. H. Darwall-smith
Flavian Rome – A. J. Boyle and W. J. Dominik
The Oxford Classical Dictionary – Hornblower and Spawforth
The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World – Talbert
A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome – L. Richardson
A Dictionary of Roman Coins – John Melville Jones
Roman Passions – Ray Laurence
Popular Culture in Ancient Rome – Jerry Toner