Sunday, September 18, 2005
This Day in Ancient History
In 98 AD, the Emperor Domitian was stabbed to death at age 44 on this day. It was the end of the Flavian Dynasty. Domitian's replacement, Senator Nerva, was made Emperor and he, childless, adopted Trajan as his heir to start the nearly hundred years of adoptive Emperors. It is also the birthdate of Trajan, a great Emperor, born in Spain in 52 AD.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:55 AM 
