A[nno] lxxvo

A[nno] lxxvio

A[nno] lxxviio

A[nno] lxxviiio

A[nno] lxxixo Vespasiano cum regnasset annis ix mensibus xi diebus xxti duobus successit Titus filius eius, uir
omnium uirtutum mirabilis, qui regnauit annis iibus & totidem mensibus. Hic amphiteatrum Ro
mę edificauit, in cuius dedicatione vm ferarum occidit.
A[nno] lxxxo

A[nno] lxxxio Tito cum regnasset annis duobus & totidem mensibus Domicianus frater eius succedit & regnat
annis xiii & dimidio. Hic secundus post Neronem Christianos persequitur, sub quo Iohannes apostolus in Pathmos insu
lam relegatur, qui & ipsum Iohannem fertur in feruentis olei dolium misisse.

A[nno] lxxxiio Linus papa martirio coronatur, & Cletus in cathedram subrogatur.

A[nno] lxxxiiio

A[nno] lxxxiiiio
¶Beatus Nichomedes presbyter pro Christo martirium passus est.
A[nno] lxxxvo

A[nno] lxxxvio

A[nno] lxxxviio

A[nno] lxxxviiio

A[nno] lxxxixo

A[nno] xco

A[nno] xcio

A[nno] xciio

A[nno] xciiio
A[nno] xciiiio Domiciano qui regnauit annis xiii mensibus v succedit Nerua anno uno regna
turus & mensibus iiiior. Hic primo edicto suo cunctos exules reuocauit. Unde & Iohannes apostolus

Notes

In the 75th year

In the 76th year

In the 77th year

In the 78th year

In the 79th year, when Vespasian had reigned for 9 years, 11 months and 22 days, his son Titus succeeded [as emperor]: a man with every admirable ability, who reigned for 2 years and as many months. He built Rome’s amphitheatre: at its dedication he killed 5,000 wild animals.
In the 80th year

In the 81st year, when Titus had reigned for two years and as many months, Domitian his brother succeeded [as emperor], and reigns for 13 years and a half. He, second after Nero, persecutes Christians. Under him the apostle John is banished to the island of Patmos; it is also said that this John had been dropped into a vat of boiling oil.1

In the 82nd year Pope Linus is crowned as a martyr, and Cletus is elected into the papal see.

In the 83rd year

In the 84th year
¶The blessed Nichomedes the priest suffered martyrdom for Christ.
In the 85th year

In the 86th year

In the 87th year

In the 88th year

In the 89th year

In the 90th year

In the 91st year

In the 92nd year

In the 93rd year
In the 94th year, after Domitian—who reigned for 13 years and 5 months—Nerva succeeded, going on to reign for one year and four months. In his first edict he called back all exiles. And as a result of this, the apostle John  

Notes

1 DB: In CM (ed. Mommsen, §303), it is explained that John (the Devine) emerged from the burning oil unscathed; this incident is not an alternative version of how he met his end (as might be inferred from the way this item is expressed in the Chronicle of Melrose).