statues demonstrates that it is in fact a statue of his older brother Titus and not of Domitian himself.37 Domitian’s concern appears to have had less to do with his own name, and more with the reputation of his family dynasty. Leonard Thompson has offered a strong case that though Domitian did push the language of the imperial cult further than his predecessors, he was no instigator of persecution in the way that Nero had been.38 There is no doubt that Christians in different cities and different