According to early tradition, this book was composed near the end of Domitian's reign, around the year 95 AD.

Some of these men were executed as early as 83 or 85 however, lending little credit to Tacitus ' notion of a " reign of terror " late in Domitian's reign.

St Clement is also the hero of an early Christian romance or novel that has survived in at least two different versions, known as the Clementine literature, where he is identified with Emperor Domitian's cousin Titus Favius Clemens.

The political career of Vespasian included the offices of quaestor, aedile and praetor, and culminated with a consulship in 51, the year of Domitian's birth.

Where his political and military career had ended in disappointment, Domitian's private affairs were more successful in 70.

Nerva was old and childless, and had spent much of his career out of the public light, prompting both ancient and modern authors to speculate on his involvement in Domitian's assassination.

By 6, Domitian's mother and sister had long died, while his father and brother were continuously active in the Roman military, commanding armies in Germania and Judaea.

Equally curtailed by Mucianus were Domitian's military ambitions.

Among the most important new structures were an odeon, a stadium, and an expansive palace on the Palatine Hill known as the Flavian Palace which was designed by Domitian's master architect Rabirius.

The military campaigns undertaken during Domitian's reign were generally defensive in nature, as the Emperor rejected the idea of expansionist warfare.

4th century writings by Eusebius of Caesarea maintains that Jews and Christians were heavily persecuted toward the end of Domitian's reign.

At least twenty senatorial opponents were executed, including Domitia Longina's former husband Lucius Aelius Lamia and three of Domitian's own family members, Titus Flavius Sabinus IV, Titus Flavius Clemens and Marcus Arrecinus Clemens.

On the day of the assassination the doors to the servants ' quarters were locked while Domitian's personal weapon of last resort, a sword he concealed beneath his pillow, had been removed in advance.

Tacitus ' major historical works, including The Histories and Agricola's biography, were all written and published under Domitian's successors Nerva ( 96 – 98 ) and Trajan ( 98 – 117 ).

Over the course of the 20th century, Domitian's military, administrative and economic policies were re-evaluated.

His successors Nerva and Trajan were less restrictive, but in reality their policies differed little from Domitian's.

Statius produced the first three books of occasional poetry, his Silvae, which were published in 93 CE, which sketch his patrons and acquaintances of this period and mention his attendance at one of Domitian's Saturnalia banquets.

Stories of Domitian's affair with Julia were likely an invention of post-Domitianic writers however.

Julia was deified and her ashes were later mixed and smoked with Domitian's by an old nurse secretly in the Temple of the Flavians.

Thus, it is no surprise that the mountain pass beside the Saalburg was first fortified by Roman troops during Domitian's wars against the Chatti ( AD 81-96 ), when two simple earthen enclosures were erected ( Schanzen A and B, located between the restored fort and the modern road ).

It is probable that Domitian's projects were more ambitious than the building of the small " Forum of Nerva ", and probably under his reign they started to remove the small saddle that united the Capitoline Hill to the Quirinal Hill, thus blocking the Fora towards Campus Martius, near to modern Piazza Venezia.

His Germanic allies were prevented from joining him by a sudden thaw of the river Rhine, and the revolt was quickly put down by Domitian's general Trajan, who afterwards burned Saturninus ' letters in an attempt to avoid implicating others.

Prior to becoming Emperor, Domitian's role in the Flavian government was largely ceremonial.

In 1930, Ronald Syme argued a complete reassessment of Domitian's financial policy, which had until then been largely viewed as a disaster, opening his paper with the following introduction:

During this time, Domitian's role in the Flavian government was largely ceremonial.

Little is known of Domitia's precise activities as Empress, or how much influence she wielded in Domitian's government, but it seems her role was largely limited to ceremonial appearances.

The reality of Domitian's autocracy was further highlighted by the fact that, more than any emperor since Tiberius, he spent significant periods of time away from the capital.

Jones estimates Domitian's annual income at more than 1, 200 million sestertii, of which over one-third would presumably have been spent maintaining the Roman army.

In order to appease the people of Rome an estimated 135 million sestertii was spent on donatives, or congiaria, throughout Domitian's reign.

Domitian's great-grandfather, Titus Flavius Petro, had served as a centurion under Pompey during Caesar's civil war.

Nevertheless, Petro managed to improve his status by marrying the extremely wealthy Tertulla, whose fortune guaranteed the upwards mobility of Petro's son Titus Flavius Sabinus I, Domitian's grandfather.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign ( 81 – 96 ).

The composition suggests a love affair between Titus and Domitian's wife Domitia Longina ( see below ).

) is the name given to the religious romance which purports to contain a record made by one Clement ( whom the narrative identifies as both Pope Clement I, and Domitian's cousin Titus Flavius Clemens ) of discourses involving the apostle Peter, together with an account of the circumstances under which Clement came to be Peter's travelling companion, and of other details of Clement's family history.

A detailed description of Domitian's appearance and character is provided by Suetonius, who devotes a substantial part of his biography to his personality.

Domitian's supposed victory was much scorned by ancient authors, who described the campaign as " uncalled for ", and a " mock triumph ".

The reverse depicts the Roman goddess Minerva, who was Domitian's favoured deity, and appeared on numerous coin types throughout his reign.

A highly detailed account of the plot and the assassination is provided by Suetonius, who alleges that Domitian's chamberlain Parthenius was the chief instigator behind the conspiracy, citing the recent execution of Domitian's secretary Epaphroditus as the primary motive.

Along the Rhine River, he took part in the Emperor Domitian's wars while under Domitian's successor, Nerva, who was unpopular with the army and needed to do something to gain their support.

It is related that, during his stay in Rome, Akiva became intimately acquainted with the Jewish proselyte ḳeṭia ' bar Shalom, a very influential Roman — according to some scholars identical with Flavius Clemens, Domitian's nephew, who, before his execution for pleading the cause of the Jews, bequeathed to Akiba all his possessions ( Ab.

He is used to good effect in stage 37 of the Cambridge Schools Classics Project as a ' factional ' character in Domitian's council discussing Agricola's position in Britain, and so is slightly known by the many thousands who have studied this course over the last forty-plus years.

Gouais Blanc has been proposed as a candidate for the grape given to the Gauls by Marcus Aurelius Probus ( Roman Emperor 276 – 282 ), who was from Pannonia and who overturned Domitian's decree banning grape growing north of the Alps.