3 d 3 vestal virgins condemned for unchastity. 83
e Domitian sends many senators into exile. 10 90
2100 4 f Abilius is appointed the second bishop of the church of Alexandria, and he presided for thirteen years. 84
b Domitian celebrates a triumph over the Dacians and the Germans.
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5 g Domitian constructs a temple without any admixture of wood. 85 11 c Domitian had so much arrogance that he commanded golden and silver statues of himself to be placed on the Capitol. He marked those and all the others with his title, without any respect for the original builder. * 91
6 h Domitian was the first to order himself to be called lord and god. * 86
d After the chief of Vestal Virgins, Cornelia, had been convicted of unchastity, she was buried alive in accordance with the law.
i The Nasamones and the Dacians who were fighting against Rome were conquered.
7 k Two months renamed, September Germanicus and October Domitian. 87 12 e Domitian prohibited vines to be cultivated in cities. 92
8 l Quinctilianus of Calaguris from Spain, who was the first at Rome to (open) a public school and receive a salary from the exchequer, became famous. * 88 f Clement presided as the 3rd bishop of the Church of Rome for nine years.
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217th Olympiad 13 g In these days Flavius Josephus writes the twenty books of the Antiquities . 93
m Domitian sends very many of the nobility into exile and slays them.
n Domitian expels astrologers and philosophers from the city of Rome. h Domitian put many of the nobles to death, but some he sent into exile.
(1) The Ludus Matutinus was a school for the training of bestiarii, "beast fighters." The Meta Sudans was a fountain built next to the Colosseum in the second half of the 1st century A.D. "The Mica Aurea was a little palace which the Emperor Domitian had built on Monte Caelio's west side across from his large emperial palace on the Palatin hill. It was located by the Via Triumphalis of ancient times, nowadays Via di San Gregorio, between the ancient roads, the Clivus Pulveratus (which does not exist today), and the Clivus Scauri, which today is called Clivio di Scauro. The latin name means "the little gold-beaming (house)", as "mica" means "a crumb, or a piece" or "a little room" and "aurea" means "golden" or "beaming like gold" and the little palace which was built as a private residence as opposed to the large official palace did have a golden roof."
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2110 14 a Second to do so after Nero, Domitian persecutes the Christians, and under him the apostle John having been exiled to the island of Patmos, saw the Apocalypse, which Irenaeus explains. 94 a Cerdo presided as the 3rd bishop of the Church of Alexandria, for eleven years.
b 2nd persecution, by Domitian b The senate decreed that all the things which Domitian had set up should be made void. And so many, whom he had unjustly ejected, returned from exile: some recovered their own goods. It is said also that when the apostle John was released at this time from exile, he withdrew to Ephesus, in which city he found both hospitality and very dear friends.
15 c Domitian again by edict thrusts out the philosphers and astrologers from Rome. 95
16 d Apollonius of Tyana and Euphrates are considered notable as philosophers. 96 1 97
e Domitian orders those who were of the race of David to be killed, so that no-one might remain of the kingship of the Jews. Brutius writes that there were made very many Christian martyrs under Domitian, among whom were Flavia Domitilla, granddaughter of the sister of Flavius Clemens the consul; she was exiled to the island of Pontia, because she bore witness that she was a Christian. c Justus from Tiberias, the writer of the Jews, is well known.
d Nerva died from an illness in the gardens of Sallust at the age of 72, after he had already adopted Trajan as his son. (*)
e Trajan, made emperor at Agrippina in Gaul, was born in Italica in Hispania. *