Flavian Principate in British and American Historiography of the 20th Century
The article attempts to show the development of studies on the Flavian Principate (69-96 A.D.) in the British and American historiography of the 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the question of what were the common features in reconstructing the character and policies of the Flavian reign as a whole and individual emperors, and what problems caused the most heated debate. The paper also reviews how the activities of Vespasian and Domitian, the key rulers of the era, were represented and interpreted in biography monographs published in 1990s.