Domitian, 201 Helvidius Priscus, 202 State of Gaul, 202 Rebellion of Civilis, 204 Character of Vespasian, 204 Execution of Helvidius Priscus, 206 Death of Vespasian, 207 _Titus_, 207 Buildings, 208 Fire in Rome. Catastrophe of Herculanum and Pompeii, 209 _Domitian_, 209 Paraphrase of the _Phænomena_ of Aratus, 209 Endowment for Rhetoricians, 210 _Agon Capitolinus_, 210 State of literature. Statius, 210 Condition of the army, 210 War in Britain. Agricola, 211 War against the Chatti, and other German people, 211 War against the Dacians, 212 Cruelty of Domitian, 212 Delatores, 213 Murder of Domitian. _Forum Palladium_, 214 M. COCCEIUS NERVA. M. ULPIUS TRAJANUS. Nerva, 214 Adoption of Trajan, 215 Death of Nerva. Trajan’s accession to the throne, 217 Character of Trajan, 217 War in Dacia, 219 War with the Parthians, 219 Conquests in the East, 220 Trajan dies at Selinus, 221 ART AND LITERATURE UNDER TRAJAN. Apollodorus of Damascus, 221 Architecture under Trajan, 222 _Forum Ulpium._ Trajan’s column, 223 Later buildings, and castings, 224 Literature. Tacitus, 224 Pliny the younger, 226 Florus, 227 Greek literature. Dio Chrysostom, 227 Plutarch, 228