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Perhaps the greatest achievement of Domitian was in his administration of the Empire. Even his biographer Suetonius who wrote an unflattering portrait of the last of the Flavians admitted that he was a great administrator and that the Imperial government was run very efficiently during his reign. Moreover, his efforts to remove the Senators from high office seems to have led to a reduction in corruption and led to the establishment of a very professional bureaucracy. Domitian helped to lay the foundation for an administration that was to serve the Empire very well and contributed much to the stability of the Roman World after his death.<ref>Jones, p 301</ref>.  Moreover, his reform of the coinage and the tax system was very important. He raised the value of silver in the Roman coinage and this increased trust in it and this stimulated trade and commerce .<ref>Syme, Ronald "The Imperial Finances under Domitian, Nerva , and Trajan". The Journal of Roman Studies. 20 (1930) , pp 55–70 </ref>. Moreover, the strong currency ensured that inflation was kept in checked and this benefitted the entire economy. Domitian’s reform of the tax system helped to generate more revenues for the Empire and this helped to finance in future years the campaigns of Trajan and the many construction projects Hadrian. Without the last of the Flavians fiscal reforms the achievements of the Roman World in the 2nd century AD many never have occurred.<ref> Syme, p. 67</ref>.