Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Modern history has rejected these views , instead characterising Domitian as a ruthless but efficient autocrat , whose cultural , economic and political program provided the foundation of the peaceful 2nd century .
Simplified: Modern history has rejected these views . Now we see Domitian as a ruthless but efficient autocrat , whose cultural , economic and political program provided the foundation of the peaceful second century .