- 24/10/AD51 Born, Titus Flavius Domitianus, on Pomegranate Street in Romes 6th district.
- AD69 (Dec.) Flavian forces besieged by Vitellians on the Capitol; Domitian escapes dressed as a devotee of Isis.
- AD70 (Jan.) on accession of Vespasian, took the name Caesar Domitianus.
- c.AD71 steals his first wife Domitia Longina from her husband Aelius Lamia; brides father is Gn. Domitius Corbulo.
- AD73 a daughter Domitia? born during his second consulship, with L. Valerius.
- AD74 a son Domitius? born.
- 14/09/AD81 Domitian invested with imperial office by the senate, becomes Imperator Caesar Domitianus, Pontifex Maximus, Pater Patriae.
- c.AD82 Divorces Domitia over her infatuation with the actor Paris, and marries Wife2: Flavia Julia his niece, daughter of his brother Titus, with whom he had been having an affair for a number of years.
- AD83 in German campaign; victory over the Chatti.
- AD83 (late) added victory title 'Germanicus'.
- c.AD83 Flavia Julia dies aborting Domitian's child; he then remarries Domitia.
- AD85 war breaks out in Dacia.
- AD87 abortive conspiracy at Rome.
- AD88 Dacians defeated at Tapae.
- AD89 Saurninus's revolt; Quadi, Marcomanni and Iazyges attack Danube frontier.
- AD92 Imperial palace completed; Iazyges defeated.
- AD93 'reign of terror' begins.
- AD95 Flavius Clemens executed.
- 18/09/AD96 stabbed to death at the 5th hour in the palace, by Stephanus the Steward.
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