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Vespasian: Emperor Nero
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Vespasian recognized the unique book immediately. It presence meant only one thing: The Oraculum had word for him. If Gracchus was willing to present an Oraculum diptych to his emperor in public, the news had to be of the greatest urgency.
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[I]n contrast to his predecessors, Vespasian did not take revenge upon the supporters and families of his defeated enemies. He even helped Vitellius's daughter make a good marriage and supplied her with a dowry. Vespasian was known for his public building projects, including the Colosseum (built on the site of the lake outside of Nero's "Golden House") and his finishing the Temple to the Deified Claudius, which Nero had begun to demolish as part of his plans for the grounds of his personal residence.
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Vespasian repeatedly held the censorship, which not only allowed him to survey the empire's resources for financial purposes but ... gave him control over the Senate's membership. He kept a tight reign on appointments, even pushing his own men into provinces officially controlled by the Senate. Since his choices were usually good, the senators could hardly object openly, but it must be admitted that they respected rather than admired him. Indeed, he was a successful but never a truly popular emperor with any class.
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Vespasian was quelling a revolt in Judaea in 68AD when the emperor Nero's rule collapsed. After a year of bloody civil war, he was acclaimed emperor by a powerful bloc of legions. The Senate ratified the choice and he swiftly set about restoring stability to Rome.
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When Vespasian died on June 24, 79, Titus became emperor. He lived another 26 months. When Titus inaugurated the Flavian Amphitheater in A.D. 80, he lavished the people with 100 days of entertainment and spectacle.
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The image that Vespasian cultivated was something of a lie. He, his father, and his elder brother had been consuls, and his son had been educated at the palace with the emperor Claudius' son Britannicus. Vespasian had commanded a legion during Claudius' conquest of Britain, and had been honored by Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius before becoming a member of Nero's inner circle. He accompanied the emperor on his "artistic tour" of Greece, and the story that Vespasian angered Nero - by falling asleep while the emperor was singing - has been called an invention to make him seem one of Nero's victims rather than one of his cronies.
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