Essay Archive - Vespasian
Vespasian
Latin in full CAESAR VESPASIANUS AUGUSTUS, original name TITUS FLAVIUS
VESPASIANUS (b. Nov. 17?, AD 9, Reate [Rieti], Latium--d. June 24, 79),
Roman emperor (AD 69-79) who, though of humble birth, became the founder
of the Flavian dynasty after the civil wars that followed Nero's death in
68. His fiscal reforms and consolidation of the empire generated political
stability and a vast Roman building program. (see also Index: Roman
Republic and Empire)
Early life.
Vespasian was the son of Flavius Sabinus, a Roman knight who had been a
tax collector. His m....
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