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18 Eylül 96 tarihinde gerçekleşen Titus Flavius Domitian suikastı M.S.69 yılından itibaren Roma İmparatorluğunu yöneten Flavian hanedanının sonunu getirmiştir. Suikast, küçük bir gruptan oluşan saray görevlileri tarafından gerçekleştirilmiştir. Fakat bu çalışma komplocuların, imparatoru sürekli olarak elimine etmeye çalışan muhalif figürlerle ilişkisini ortaya koymaya çalışmaktadır. Suetonius, Genç Pliny, ve Cassius Dio gibi yazılarında klasik tarihçiler suikastı, senato tarafından nefret edilen imparatoru daha fazla kötülemek için kullanmıştır. Domitian’ı rehabilite etme çabalarında bulunan yirminci yüzyıl tarihçileri suikaste yönelik yeni hipotezler ve açıklamalar eklemiştir. Bu çalışma, Domitian’ın ölümüne yönelik iddiaları göstermekte, görüşlerin doğruluğunu, komplocuları, motivasyonu araştırmakta ve bir yaklaşım önerme amacını taşımaktadır. Bu doğrultuda, Domitian’ın dönemindeki komploları ve bunların cinayet ile ilgisini göstermektedir. Son olarak da suikastin sonrasında yaşanan olayları inceleyerek komplocuların imparatoru öldürerek amaçlarına ulaşıp ulaşmadığını incelemektedir.
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The assassination of Titus Flavius Domitian on 18 September 96 brought the end of Flavian dynasty, which had been ruling the Roman Empire since AD 69. The assassination was carried by a small group of court officials. However, this paper tries to indicate that the conspirators were related with oppositional figures, who constantly tried to eliminate the emperor. Classical historians Suetonius, Pliny the Younger, and Cassius Dio in their accounts used the assassination to further slander the emperor, hated by the senate. Twentieth century historians, who engaged in endeavors of rehabilitation of Domitian, added new hypothesis and explanations to his assassination. This paper intends to demonstrate the claims on Domitian’s death, to investigate the accuracy of the views on the assassination, conspirators, motives, and to offer a fresh perspective. For this purpose, it presents the conspiracies under Domitian’s and their connections with the murder. Finally, it examines the aftermath of the assassination to evaluate whether the conspirators reached their aim with the murder of the emperor.
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