03.Ch. 17 Persecution under Domitian

Chapter 17. The Persecution under Domitian.

Domitian , having shown great cruelty toward many, and having unjustlyput to death no small number of well-born and notable men at Rome, and having without cause exiled and confiscated the property of a great many other illustrious men, finally became a successor of Nero in his hatred and enmity toward God. He was in fact the second that stirred up a persecution against us, although his father Vespasian had undertaken nothing prejudicial to us.