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Domitian

11th Roman Emperor (81–96)

21 dated entries naming Domitian, drawn from 20 separate years between 64 CE and 571 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

  • 64September 13 – Julia Flavia, daughter of Titus and lover of his brother Domitian (d. AD 96)source
  • 70Later Roman emperor Domitian marries Domitia Longina.source
  • 71Titus is awarded with a triumph, accompanied by Vespasian and his brother Titus Flavius Domitian. In the parade are Jewish prisoners and treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem, including the Menorah and the Pentateuch. The leader of the Zealots, Simon Bar Giora, is lashed and strangled in the Forum.source
  • 73Titus Flavius Domitianus becomes Roman Consul.source
  • 81September 14 – Domitian succeeds his brother Titus as emperor. Domitian is not a soldier like his two predecessors, and his administration is directed towards the reinforcement of a monarchy. By taking the title of Dominus ("lord"), he scandalizes the senatorial aristocracy. Romanisation progresses in the provinces, and life in the cities is greatly improved. Many provincials – Spanish, Gallic, and African – become Senators.source
  • 82Emperor Domitian becomes Roman Consul.source
  • 83Emperor Domitian fights the Chatti, a Germanic tribe. His victory allows the construction of fortifications (Limes) along the Rhine-frontier.source
  • 84Emperor Domitian recalls Agricola back to Rome, where he is rewarded with a triumph and the governorship of the Roman province of Africa, but he declines it.source
  • 85Emperor Domitian repulses a Dacian invasion of Moesia.source
  • 86Emperor Domitian introduces the Capitoline Games.source
  • 88Two Egyptian obelisks are erected in Benevento in front of the Temple of Isis, in honour of Emperor Domitian.source
  • 89January 1 – Lucius Antonius Saturninus incites a revolt against Emperor Domitian (it is suppressed by January 24).source
  • 91Julia Flavia, daughter of Titus, lover of his brother Domitian (b. AD 64)source
  • 92Emperor Domitian becomes a Roman Consul.source
  • 93Emperor Domitian persecutes the Christians.source
  • 94Emperor Domitian rebuilds and rededicates the Curia Julia (meeting place of the Roman Senate), which had burned down in AD 64.source
  • 95Emperor Domitian and Titus Flavius Clemens become Roman Consuls.source
  • 96September 18 – Emperor Domitian is stabbed to death by a freedman at the age 44 after a 15-year reign, in a palace conspiracy involving officers of the Praetorian Guard. The Flavian Dynasty ends.source
  • 96September 18 – Domitian, Roman emperor (b. AD 51)source

2nd century

  • 131Hadrian restores the monarchist policy of Claudius and Domitian. The equestrian order is given full legal status, and attains the second order of the state.source

6th century

  • 571Narses dies at Domitian's palace in Rome.source

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