Domitian

Hence it comes likewise, that princes many times make themselves desires, and set their hearts upon toys; sometimes upon a building; sometimes upon erecting of an order; sometimes upon the advancing of a person; sometimes upon obtaining excellency in some art, or feat of the hand; as Nero for playing on the harp, Domitian for certainty of the hand with the arrow, Commodus for playing at fence, Caracalla for driving chariots, and the like.

The most important surviving work of historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire, is De Vita Caesarum - a set of biographies of 12 successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian including Nero.

After Nero, under Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian, the proscription against Christians continued, Jerusalem was subdued, and Judaism remained outlawed.

Within these limitations, however, Pagan gives us an excellent overview of Tacitus's surviving works: Agricola, a biography of his father-in-law; Germania, an ethnographic study of Germanic tribes; the Dialogue on Orators, an analysis of the decline of oratory since the Roman Republic; the Histories, a chronicle from the death of Nero to the reign of Domitian; and the Annals, examining the early Roman empire, from the death of Augustus to the rule of Nero.

Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian (81--96).

Another view is that Jesus was really just a creation of the Flavian Emperors Titus Vespasian and Domitian to counter Jewish militarism.

After arriving in Eastgate Street the Emperor Domitian will address his subjects before releasing the Lord of Misrule.

1-4), each one raised upon a foot and carrying at its centre a statuette of a Roman ruler--Julius Caesar or one of the 11 emperors up to Domitian --that visitors have been feasting their eyes on in the exhibition 'The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which travels to Waddesdon Manor this month (18 April-22 July).

The temple dates back to the second century AD, judging by the names found of different Roman emperors including Domitian (81-96 AD), Hadrian (117-138 AD) and Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD).