Now on view: the exhibition 'Emperor Domitian: God on Earth' at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Exhibition
Between 17 December 2021 and 22 May 2022 the exhibition 'Emperor Domitian: God on Earth', which came into being in collaboration with the Anchoring Innovation research program, is on view at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden.
The exhibition focuses on Domitian's life, his imperial reign, his wife and his predecessors and features a selection of masterpieces from the first century AD, the so-called Golden Age of the Roman Empire.
After Leiden, the exhibition will move to the Mercati di Traiano (Trajan's Markets) in Rome, where it is expected to be on view from the Summer of 2022 onwards.
Book
In connection with this exhibition, the curators have published a book that includes the latest research on Domitian and his reign.
Aurora Raimondi Cominesi, Nathalie de Haan, Eric Moormann, Claire Stocks (eds):
"God On Earth: Emperor Domitian – the re-invention of Rome at the end of the 1st century AD; Sidestone Press, 2021.
The book is available in open access and can be found here.