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The traditional theory holds that John the Apostle — considered to have written the Gospel and the epistles of John — was exiled on Patmos in the Aegean archipelago during the reign of Domitian, and there wrote Revelation.
Irenaeus mentions that the Apocalypse was seen " no very long time ago almost in our own age, toward the end of the reign of Domitian ".
Domitian (; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96 ) was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96.
Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty.
While Titus held a great many offices under the rule of his father, Domitian was left with honours but no responsibilities.
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.
Significant wars were fought in Britain, where his general Agricola attempted to conquer Caledonia ( Scotland ), and in Dacia, where Domitian was unable to procure a decisive victory against king Decebalus.
As a consequence, Domitian was popular with the people and army but considered a tyrant by members of the Roman Senate.
After his death, Domitian's memory was condemned to oblivion by the Roman Senate, while senatorial authors such as Tacitus, Pliny the Younger and Suetonius published histories propagating the view of Domitian as a cruel and paranoid tyrant.
Domitian was born in Rome on 24 October 51, the youngest son of Titus Flavius Vespasianus — commonly known as Vespasian — and Flavia Domitilla Major.
For Domitian, this meant that a significant part of his adolescence was spent in the absence of his near relatives.
During the Jewish-Roman wars, he was likely taken under the care of his uncle Titus Flavius Sabinus II, at the time serving as city prefect of Rome ; or possibly even Marcus Cocceius Nerva, a loyal friend of the Flavians and the future successor to Domitian.
Unlike his brother Titus, Domitian was not educated at court.
Domitian was allegedly extremely sensitive regarding his baldness, which he disguised in later life by wearing wigs.
In Rome meanwhile, Domitian was placed under house arrest by Vitellius, as a safeguard against future Flavian aggression.
During the night, he was joined by his relatives, including Domitian.
With nothing more to be feared from the enemy, Domitian came forward to meet the invading forces ; he was universally saluted by the title of Caesar, and the mass of troops conducted him to his father's house.
During the Batavian rebellion, Domitian eagerly sought the opportunity to attain military glory, but was denied command of a legion by superior officers.
By all accounts, Mucianus held the real power in Vespasian's absence and he was careful to ensure that Domitian, still only eighteen years old, did not overstep the boundaries of his function.
According to Tacitus, Mucianus was not keen on this prospect but since he considered Domitian a liability in any capacity that was entrusted to him, he preferred to keep him close at hand rather than in Rome.
Domitian then wrote to Cerialis personally, suggesting he hand over command of his army but, once again, he was snubbed.
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.
Vespasian attempted to arrange a dynastic marriage between his youngest son and the daughter of Titus, Julia Flavia, but Domitian was adamant in his love for Domitia Longina, going so far as to persuade her husband, Lucius Aelius Lamia, to divorce her so that Domitian could marry her himself.
Domitian and assassinated
* 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
He does not appear to have long survived Domitian, who was assassinated in 96.
* 96 – Domitian assassinated – end of Flavian dynasty ; succeeded by Nerva, the first of the Five good emperors
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.
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Domitian was murdered on 18 September 96, in a palace conspiracy organized by court officials.
In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by Marcus Cocceius Nerva, an old and childless senator who proved to be unpopular with the army.
* 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
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 ...".
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.
The work is believed to have continued up to the death of Domitian on September 18, 96.
Domitian and 96
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.
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:
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 ".
* 96 – Domitian, Roman emperor ( b. 51 )
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.
Nero persecuted Roman Christians after Rome burned in 64, and the congregation may have suffered further persecution under Domitian ( 81 – 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.
* c. 90 – 96: Jews and Christians heavily persecuted throughout the Roman Empire towards the end of the reign of 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 ).
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