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213th Olympiad Sabines, aged 69. (*)
5 a Vespasian began to build the Capitol. 73 8th of the Romans, Titus reigned 2 years and 2 months.
b In Alexandria a revolt occurred. 1 a Titus, the son of Vespasian, was an expert in both languages and of such goodness that once when he recalled at a meal that he had been of no service to anyone on that day, he said: 'Friends, today I have wasted a day.' 79
2090 6 c Achaia, Lycia, Rhodes, Byzantium, Samos, Thrace, Cilicia, and Comagnene, which were free before and were ruled by friendly kings, turned into Roman provinces. * 74
7 d A colossal statue erected, having a height of 107 feet. 75 b Mount Vesuvius having erupted, it blasted upwards from itself such a great amount of fire that the neighbouring regions and cities were consumed in the fire, together with the people in them.
e Q. Asconius Pedianus, the historical writer, is considered important, who having become known in the 73rd year of his life, comes to the end of his life 12 years later in the highest honour. *
c Titus recalls Musonius Rufus the philosopher from exile. *
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d Titus builds the amphitheatre in Rome, and at its dedication he sacrifices 5000 wild beasts. *
f Gabinianus, a rhetorician of very celebrated name, taught in Gaul. *
2 e Cletus <also called Anencletus> is appointed second bishop of the Roman church for 12 years. 80
214th Olympiad
9 g Three cities in Cyprus were destroyed all together in an earthquake. 77 f In Rome many buildings are burned to the ground in a fire.
h A massive plague happened at Rome, so that for many days about 10,000 men were listed in the daily register of the dead. g Titus died from an illness at the same country-house where his father died, on the day before the Ides of September, at the age of 42. 1 (*)
215th Olympiad
10 i Vespasian planted colonies, and he died from an issue from his stomach in his own villa among the 78 9th of the Romans, Domitian reigned for 15 years and 5 months.
h Domitian was the younger brother of Titus. *
(1) Titus died on September 13, 81 AD at Aquae Cutiliae, where his father Vespasian had died two years earlier. The ides of September are the 12th.
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a The wife of Domitian is named as Augusta. 9 a Many building works carried out at Rome, among them the Capitol, the Forum transitorium, the Portico of the gods, the temple of Isis, the Serapeum, the Stadium, the pepper granaries, the temple of Vespasian, the temple of Minerva Chalcidica, the Odeum, Trajan's Forum, the Baths of Trajan and Titus, the Senate House, the Ludus Matutinus, the Mica Aurea, the Meta Sudans fountain and the Pantheon. 1 * 89
2 b By a decree of the senate Titus is enrolled among the gods. 82
c Domitian prohibited the making of eunuchs.