Monday, September 18, 2006
This Day in Ancient History
On this day in 96 AD, the Emperor Domitian is stabbed to death at age 44 ending the Flavian Dynasty. Senator Marcus Cocceius Nerva (Nerva to us) becomes the Emperor and he adopts Trajan as his son in order for a good man to follow him on the throne and thus begins a 100 years of adopted Emperors, usually really good ones. By chance this is also the birth date of Trajan, in 52 AD in Spain.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:03 AM 
