year later, Domitian was assassinated by court officials. Epaphroditus was the owner of Epictetus of Hierapolis, a Stoic philosopher taught by Musonius Rufus. The man named Epaphroditus to whom Josephus dedicated his Antiquities of the Jews was most likely someone else by the same name, who may have been a freedman of Emperor Trajan; it is disputed whether he may have been the same Epaphroditus mentioned by St. Paul in the New Testament Epistle to the Philippians. Footnotes References Sources External links Livius.org: Tiberius Claudius Epaphroditus 1st-century Romans Executed ancient Roman people People executed by the Roman Empire Emperor's slaves and freedmen Nero 1st-century executions 20s births 95 deaths