Vespasian
notes from te Ricard Alston textbook
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- Vespasian
- Politics
- Friends and Allies
- Vespasian did not come from a particularly distinguished family
- slept through one of Nero's performances
- commanded troops in judaea
- he had some powerful friends e.g. Mucianus
- shared rule with Titus making Titus' succession very smooth
- Also honoured his other son Domitian
- Also honoured his other son Domitian
- had the support of his nepew, Flavius Sabinus
- Nerva was one of the few people who was not a flavian to hold a consulship during Vespasian's reign suggesting he was an important member of the group
- he had a close knit group of friends and family that held the power
- Manners and the senate
- Vespasian didn't have the social status to present himself as superior to the senate, so he played the role of the senator
- he was modest e,g, didn't live in a palace and gave up practise of searching visitors
- presented himself as a traditional Italian aristocrat like those of the provinces rather than like the patrician families of Rome
- Political feud with Prisus. After various attempts to quieten him, such as promoting his enemy, Vespasian eventually had him killed.
- 'my sons shall succeed me or no one shall'
- Not many senators killed
- Made examples of Diogenes and Heras who spoke out against him, had Diogenes flogged and Heras killed.
- Friends and Allies
- Military Policy
- war in Judaea
- Agricola brought most of Britain under Roman control
- there was also unrest in Germany
- Building and finance
- the treasury was empty when Vespasian came to power
- Taxes were raised and new taxes invented. such as the tax on Jewish people and the tax on urinals
- he managed to be generous to his friends, to sponsor the arts, to entertain the plebs and to fund various building projects
- he repaired damage caused by the civil wars e.g. the temple of jupiter
- started building the colosseum
- Politics
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