Domitian was born in Rome on 24 October 51, the youngest son of Titus Flavius Vespasianus — commonly known as Vespasian — and Flavia Domitilla Major.

* Emperor: originally 12 lictors, after Domitian 24 lictors

Probably in the same month he met and consulted with the Earl of Arundel's art-collecting agent, William Petty ( who dined at the College on 14 October ), on the Earl's attempted acquisition of the Obelisk of Domitian, then still lying broken in the Circus of Maxentius.

* 96 – Domitian, Roman emperor ( b. 51 )

He had one younger sister, Domitilla the Younger ( b. 45 ), and one younger brother, also named Titus Flavius Domitianus ( b. 51 ), but commonly referred to as Domitian.

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

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

Domitian, according to Eusebius of Caesarea ( c. 263 – 339 ), started the persecution referred to in the book.

The following day Domitian was declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard, commencing a reign which lasted fifteen years – longer than any man who had ruled since Tiberius.

Jones compares the executions of Domitian to those under Emperor Claudius ( 41 – 55 ), noting that Claudius executed around 35 senators and 300 equestrians, and yet was still deified by the Senate and regarded as one of the good Emperors of history.

The most extensive account of the life of Domitian to survive was written by the historian Suetonius, who was born during the reign of Vespasian, and published his works under Emperor Hadrian ( 117 – 138 ).

Writing during the reign of the Emperor Domitian ( AD 81 – 96 ), the Roman poet Martial expressed his admiration for Otho's choice to spare the Empire from civil war through sacrificing himself:

* 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.

* 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.

* September 18 – Emperor Domitian is stabbed to death by a freedman at age 44 after a 15-year reign in a palace conspiracy involving officers of the Praetorian Guard.

* September 18 – Domitian, Roman emperor

* September 13 – Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus, lover of his brother Domitian

Nero persecuted Roman Christians after Rome burned in 64, and the congregation may have suffered further persecution under Domitian ( 81 – 96 ).

* c. 90 – 96: Jews and Christians heavily persecuted throughout the Roman Empire towards the end of the reign of Domitian.

The next information about the Lugians comes from Cassius Dio's work Roman History, in which he mentions events of 91 – 92 during the reign of emperor Domitian.

* 81 – Titus dies suddenly ; his brother Domitian becomes emperor

* 96 – Domitian assassinated – end of Flavian dynasty ; succeeded by Nerva, the first of the Five good emperors

Domitia Longina ( c. AD 53 – c. AD 130 ) was an Empress of Rome and wife to the Roman Emperor Domitian.

The Flavian dynasty was a Roman Imperial Dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96 AD, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian ( 69 – 79 ), and his two sons Titus ( 79 – 81 ) and Domitian ( 81 – 96 ).

A shadowy historical Arviragus is known only from a cryptic reference in a satirical poem by Juvenal, in which a giant turbot presented to the Roman emperor Domitian ( AD 81 – 96 ) is said to be an omen that " you will capture some king, or Arviragus will fall from his British chariot-pole ".

The scholarly interpretation of the eagle being the Roman Empire ( the eagle in the fifth vision, whose heads might be Vespasian, Titus and Domitian if such is the case ) and the destruction of the temple would indicate that the probable date of composition lies toward the end of the first century, perhaps 90 – 96, though some suggest a date as late as 218.

1st century – 2nd century AD ) was a imperial Roman military officer and senator who was elected Roman consul twice, first under Domitian and later under Hadrian.

Domitian was murdered on 18 September 96, in a palace conspiracy organized by court officials.

When emperor Domitian was murdered on September 18, 96 AD, Apollonius was said to have witnessed the event in Ephesus " about midday " on the day it happened in Rome, and told those present " Take heart, gentlemen, for the tyrant has been slain this day ...".

On September 18, 96, Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy organized by court officials.

Flavian rule came to an end on September 18, 96, when Domitian was assassinated.

The work is believed to have continued up to the death of Domitian on September 18, 96.

Domitian was assassinated in September 96.

With the return of Vespasian in late September, his political role was rendered all but obsolete and Domitian withdrew from government devoting his time to arts and literature.

In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by Marcus Cocceius Nerva, an old and childless senator who proved to be unpopular with the army.

Domitian and Septimius Severus increased the stipendum ( payment ) to 1, 500 denarii per year, distributed in January, May and September.

On September 14, the Roman Senate confirmed Domitian as Titus ' successor, granting tribunician power, the office of Pontifex Maximus, and the titles of Augustus, and Pater Patriae.

Edward Bishop Elliott, in the Horae Apocalypticae ( 1862 ), argues that John wrote the book in exile on Patmos " at the close of the reign of Domitian ; that is near the end of the year 95 or beginning of 96 ".

Much more than a " gloomy coda to the ... 1st century " the Roman Empire prospered between 81 and 96, in a reign which Theodor Mommsen described as the sombre but intelligent despotism of Domitian.

The Catholic Encyclopedia has noted that Revelation was " written during the latter part of the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, probably in A. D. 95 or 96 ".

These were Domitian whose violent death in 96 ended the Flavian Dynasty, the co-emperor Publius Septimius Geta, whose memory was publicly expunged by his co-emperor brother Caracalla after he murdered him in 211, and in 311 Maximian, who was captured by Constantine the Great and then encouraged to commit suicide.

He does not appear to have long survived Domitian, who was assassinated in 96.

The fighting continued until Domitian ’ s death in 96.

Nerva, who replaced the last Flavian emperor, Vespasian's son Domitian, in 96, was elderly and childless, and chose therefore to adopt an heir, Trajan, from outside his family.

He was a friend of Nerva, and when Domitian was murdered in 96 AD, Dio used his influence with the army stationed on the frontier in favour of Nerva.

Following the murder of Domitian in 96, the Adiutrix, along with the Danubian army, played an important role in Roman politics, forcing Nerva to adopt Trajan as his successor.