On the 18th September AD 96 another of those dreadful Roman Emperors was done in. This time it was Domitian. His father had been the great military commander Vespasian, who started work on the Colosseum. Domitian succeeded his equally good brother, Titus, but when he fell ill, he left orders to his attendants to let him starve.
Domitian was a sadist and as he grew older he lost his good looks and athletic frame. He took his brother’s daughter as a mistress and executed a man after he had taken his wife from him, because he had joked about it with Titus. His wife hatched a plot with another who also feared for his life, using other members of the Emperor’s exasperated staff.
The assassination came days after Domitian had celebrated his 15th anniversary as Emperor.
The man who would do the deed was Stephanus, the steward to  the Emperor’s niece, Domitilla. Days before he began wearing a sling, feigning an injury. On the 18th September he placed a dagger in it and at a good moment pulled it out, stabbing Domitian in the groin. The two wrestled for their lives, until four more plotters came in and stabbed the Emperor a further seven times.
He was succeeded by a 65 year old Nerva, who was elected by the Senate and who died of natural causes. He was the first of the Five Good Emperors.
Emperor's lock of hair anyone?
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garg……why…
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Because the internet gives me the POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.
And because I can…
:evil:
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@wittmann:
I thought he was a singer, so I felt no need to go any further into it.
I use the net a lot, but it is principally for historical research.
Not to research children’s poo idols.A wise policy.
I have a policy too. That Justin Bieber photos ruin threads. What do you guys think? :P
Oh crap, I have to go bleach my eyes now…thanks a lot Gargantua!
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That picture of J.B. is the visual equivalent of the unendurably bad poetry readings which the Vogons use to torture their enemies in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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Yeah…
Optical Assault. :P
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that pic is just too much……
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Try replacing your saline solution with hydrogen peroxide, seems to sting less than looking at it!
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