Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Domitian">Domitian</a> is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nerva">Nerva</a> is then proclaimed as his successor.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_18#cite_note-1" id="mwEw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwFA">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt12" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFRichard_Alston2002">Richard Alston (4 January 2002). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wBCGAgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA142" id="mwB7c" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB7g">Aspects of Roman History AD 14–117</i></a>. Routledge. p.<span id="mwB7k" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>142. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB7o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB7s" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-1-134-78782-1" id="mwB7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-134-78782-1"><bdi id="mwB70">978-1-134-78782-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt12" class="Z3988" id="mwB74" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Aspects+of+Roman+History+AD+14%E2%80%93117&amp;rft.pages=142&amp;rft.pub=Routledge&amp;rft.date=2002-01-04&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-134-78782-1&amp;rft.au=Richard+Alston&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwBCGAgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA142&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+18"></span></span>