Promotion to the aedileship was automatic for patricians, but Vespasian wasn't a patrician. |
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The Batavians fought in the name of Vespasian so they could have stopped their uprising. |
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His name indicates that his family was granted the citizenship by the Flavian dynasty of Vespasian. |
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The rule of the Flavians consisted of no more than the rule of Vespasian and his two sons, a span of twenty-six years. |
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The Argonautica, his only surviving work, is an epic poem in hexameter verse, dedicated to the Emperor Vespasian. |
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We find laying of hands in the most ancient stories, such as in descriptions of acts of healing by Jesus Christ or the emperor Vespasian. |
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Justinian's trench at Edessa and the flood-diversion works of Vespasian and Titus at Selenica Piera constituted impressive hydraulic works. |
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With the Senate, despite the discords of the early months, Vespasian succeeded in maintaining friendly relations. |
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But eventually he returned alone in summer 71, triumphed jointly with Vespasian, and was made commander of the Praetorian Guard. |
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If money does not smell, as Vespasian said, poverty does, and it is sometimes high. |
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Both, Vespasian and me are totally equal involved into the song writing and recording process. |
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The II Augusta is known to have been commanded by the future emperor Vespasian. |
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In early 70 Vespasian was still in Egypt, the source of Rome's grain supply, and had not yet left for Rome. |
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The Roman historian Suetonius mentions that the island was captured by the commander Vespasian. |
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In this occasion, II Augusta was commanded by the future emperor Vespasian. |
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Maiden Castle was captured by a Roman legion under the command of Vespasian, and the Roman settlement of Durnovaria was established nearby. |
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Vespasian was met at the entrance of the city by a body of magistrates, praefects and philosophers, and hastily asked whether the Tyanaean was among the number. |
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Vespasian did eventually decide to accept Galba, whose noble descent, given the standards of the day, would have been daunting to a man of Vespasian's position in society. |
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For the period from Augustus to Vespasian, Tacitus was able to draw upon earlier histories that contained material from the public records, official reports, and contemporary comment. |
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Under Vespasian, major public works gave rise to considerable economic prosperity and the emergence of a local bourgeoisie whose members acceded to the highest offices of the Empire. |
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The remains of a Gallo-Roman villa and coins bearing the likeness of the Emperor Vespasian reflect the history of this magnificent vineyard owned for over three centuries the family Mercadier. |
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Founded by the Roman Emperor Vespasian in 72 CE as Flavia Neapolis, Nablus has been ruled by many empires over the course of its almost 2,000 year long history. |
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Some of these blended Gaelic and Anglian styles, such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and Vespasian Psalter. |
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Vespasian was indeed noted for mildness when dealing with political opposition. |
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Under Emperors Vespasian and Domitian, the Roman Empire occupied the Agri Decumates between Main and Rhine. |
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He was the younger brother of Titus and son of Vespasian, his two predecessors on the throne, and the last member of the Flavian dynasty. |
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While Titus received a court education in the company of Britannicus, Vespasian pursued a successful political and military career. |
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News of Nero's death reached Vespasian as he was preparing to besiege the city of Jerusalem. |
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Rather than continue his campaign, Vespasian decided to await further orders and send Titus to greet the new Emperor. |
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With four legions at his disposal, Vespasian commanded a strength of nearly 80,000 soldiers. |
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Tensions among the Flavian troops ran high but so long as either Galba or Otho remained in power, Vespasian refused to take action. |
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Vespasian accepted and entered an alliance with Gaius Licinius Mucianus, the governor of Syria, against Vitellius. |
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Support for the old emperor waned as more legions around the empire pledged their allegiance to Vespasian. |
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The following day, 21 December, the Senate proclaimed Vespasian emperor of the Roman Empire. |
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Order was properly restored by Mucianus in early 70 but Vespasian did not enter Rome until September of that year. |
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Nevertheless, the new values were still higher than the levels that Vespasian and Titus had maintained during their reigns. |
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Domitian also revived the practice of the imperial cult, which had fallen somewhat out of use under Vespasian. |
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After the accession of Vespasian, Quintus Petillius Cerialis was appointed governor of Britain and the conquest of the Brigantes was begun. |
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With names such as Ophidian, Vespasian and Pequod, they set the stage for understanding a certain type of striving. |
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The Legio II Augusta, commanded by future emperor Vespasian, was the only one directly attested to have taken part. |
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Vespasian also started the construction of the Flavian Amphitheater, more commonly known as the Colosseum. |
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Vespasian was Josephus' sponsor and Pliny dedicated his Naturalis Historia to Titus, son of Vespasian. |
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Vespasian sent legions to defend the eastern frontier in Cappadocia, extended the occupation in Britain and reformed the tax system. |
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Thomas of Elmham recorded a Psalter at Canterbury which may have been the Vespasian Psalter. |
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For example, the defeat of Vitellius in the Year of the Four Emperors was decided when the Danubian legions chose to support Vespasian. |
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At the very end of AD 69, after a year of civil war consequent on the death of Nero, Vespasian, a successful general, became emperor. |
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Throughout the latter stages of Pliny's life, he maintained good relations with Emperor Vespasian. |
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Evidently Pliny's extension of Bassus extended at least from the reign of Nero to that of Vespasian. |
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As Titus and Vespasian had the same name, Titus Flavius Vespasianus, earlier writers hypothesized a dedication to Vespasian. |
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The work is dedicated to the emperor Titus, a son of Pliny's close friend, the emperor Vespasian, in the first year of Titus's reign. |
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Primus and Mucianus led the Flavian forces against Vitellius, while Vespasian took control of Egypt. |
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On 20 December 69, Vitellius was defeated, and the following day Vespasian was declared emperor by the Senate. |
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The younger boy, Vespasian, seemed far less likely to be successful, initially not wishing to pursue high public office. |
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In preparation for a praetorship, Vespasian needed two periods of service in the minor magistracies, one military and the other public. |
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However, Vespasian used his time in North Africa making friends instead of money, something that would be far more valuable in the years to come. |
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Josephus, dismissing these things, said that the only governor of the habitable earth was Vespasian who conquered it. |
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Otho's supporters, looking for another candidate to support, settled on Vespasian. |
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Vespasian eventually believed that this prophecy applied to him, and found a number of omens, oracles, and portents that reinforced this belief. |
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Through his general Agricola, Vespasian increased imperial expansion in Britain. |
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Modern historians theorize that Vespasian had been and was continuing to consolidate support from the Egyptians before departing. |
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Vespasian immediately embarked on a series of efforts to stay in power and prevent future revolts. |
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Construction projects bore inscriptions praising Vespasian and condemning previous emperors. |
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Vespasian approved histories written under his reign, ensuring biases against him were removed. |
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Historians report that Vespasian ordered the construction of several buildings in Rome. |
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In 78 or 79, Eprius Marcellus and Aulus Caecina Alienus attempted to kill Vespasian. |
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Vespasian was known for his wit and his amiable manner alongside his commanding personality and military prowess. |
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He wrote that Sabinus was Vespasian's lieutenant, but as Sabinus was the older brother and preceded Vespasian into public life, he could hardly have been a military tribune. |
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Vespasian took a force westwards subduing tribes and capturing oppida as he went, going at least as far as Exeter which would appear to have become an early base for Leg. |
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Vespasian and Mucianus renewed old taxes and instituted new ones, increased the tribute of the provinces, and kept a watchful eye upon the treasury officials. |
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Vespasian subdued the southwest, Cogidubnus was set up as a friendly king of several territories, and treaties were made with tribes outside direct Roman control. |
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Inscriptions on the Porta Praenestina indicate that Vespasian and Titus repaired the aqueduct shortly after its completion, in AD 71, after a nine-year period of inoperation. |
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Among those completed were the Temple of Vespasian and Titus, the Arch of Titus and the Colosseum, to which he added a fourth level and finished the interior seating area. |
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Stories of a divine Vespasian healing people circulated in Egypt. |
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In the Vespasian Psalter it is clear which element is coming to dominate. |
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Vespasian served in the military in Thrace for about 3 years. |
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The volume was the first in the Vespasian shelf section in the part of the library indexed by the names from a set of busts of the Roman Emperors on top of the shelves. |
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In 43, Vespasian and the II Augusta participated in the Roman invasion of Britain, and he distinguished himself under the overall command of Aulus Plautius. |
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On one occasion, Suetonius writes, Vespasian was pelted with turnips. |
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Vespasian eventually restored order and grain shipments to Rome resumed. |
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The political career of Vespasian included the offices of quaestor, aedile, and praetor, and culminated with a consulship in 51, the year of Domitian's birth. |
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Only one, Helvidius Priscus, was put to death after he had repeatedly affronted the Emperor by studied insults which Vespasian had initially tried to ignore. |
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The family procession was headed by Vespasian and Titus, while Domitian, riding a magnificent white horse, followed with the remaining Flavian relatives. |
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