1. Early Christian tradition is practically unanimous in assigning the Apocalypse to the last years of Domitian. The following are the chief authorities. Iren. 5:30. 3 ap. Eus. H. E. 3:18, 4:8 εἰ γὰρ ἔδει ἀναφανδὸν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ κηρύττεσθαι τοὔνομα αὐτοῦ [sc. τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου], διʼ ἐκείνου ἂν ἐρρέθη τοῦ καὶ τὴν Ἀποκάλυψιν ἑωρακότος· οὐδὲ γὰρ πρὸ πολλοῦ χρόνου ἐωράθη, ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γενεᾶς, πρὸς τῷ τέλει τῆς Δομετιανοῦ ἀρχῆς1