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January 20, 2026Open Access

Domitianic Rupture: Domitian's Actions Against Texts and Intellectuals (81–96 CE)

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DBD Byron

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This preprint explores Domitian's enforcement actions against elite textual labor, indicating significant vulnerabilities in the late-first century.

Key Points

  • The research aims to identify how Domitian's actions affected elite textual labor during 81–96 CE and the mechanisms behind these events.
  • Analyzed primary sources including Suetonius, Tacitus, Pliny, and Cassius Dio.
  • Developed a model for understanding the collapse of household archives under enforcement pressure.
  • Narrowed the focus to administrative actions impacting elite households and texts.
  • Established evidence of administrative actions leading to the removal of elite personnel.
  • Identified suppression of texts as objects through targeted enforcement.
  • Demonstrated the scattering and mutation of textual fragments due to clandestine custody.

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D Byron (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/696f1a849e64f732b51eed35https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18291519
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