Word: domitian
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...context for New Testament books that deal with persecution, such as I Peter and Revelation. (A tantalizing detail: Revelation 17:10 says that five kings "have fallen." The sixth Roman Emperor, Galba, was the one who succeeded Nero.) Many scholars relate these books to the persecution under the Emperor Domitian (A.D. 81-96), but Robinson says this later persecution has been much exaggerated...