His character and personal appearance 294

CHAPTER XL.

FROM THE ACCESSION OF TIBERIUS, A.D. 14-37, TO DOMITIAN, A.D. 96.

Accession of Tiberius 295

Germanicus 296

His death 296

The Lex Majestas 297

The Delatores 297

Sejanus 297

Death of Sejanus 298

Death of Tiberius 299

Caligula 299

Claudius 300

His conduct 300

The Emperor Nero 301

His crimes 301

Vitellius 302

Vespasian 302

Fall of Jerusalem 303

Reign of Titus 304

The Colosseum 304

Reign of Domitian 305

He persecutes the Christians 305

CHAPTER XLI.

PROSPERITY OF THE EMPIRE, A.D. 96.--COMMODUS, A.D. 180.--REIGN OF
M. COCCEIUS NERVA, A.D. 96-98.

The Emperor Nerva 306

Prosperity of the empire 306

Trajan 307

His wise administration 307

The Dacian war 308

Conquests in the East 308

Trajan's public works 309

Reign of Hadrian 309