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As he surveyed the swelling crowd, Vespasian sat back in his throne, thinking. Most Rustannicans believed that their nation’s strength lay in her vast legions and her treasury of gold. But they were wrong. Rustannica’s real power lay in the continuing survival of left-leaning endowed blood. That was the true ruling factor here, and nothing would ever change it.
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From a personal standpoint, Vespasian believed in active, public participation in governmental affairs. His accessibility as a leader was an important characteristic of his personal rule. He is known to have had a sense of humor (off-color, at times), and yet valued the growth of educational institutions, which furthered the spread of Greek and Latin culture and language. He is ... well known, aside from his military talents, as a builder of public works, the Colosseum being his most enduring monument to history.
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Vespasian war in vielerlei Hinsicht anders als seine Vorgänger, und anders war auch sein Ende: Er starb eines natürlichen Todes. Er weilte 79 gerade in Kampanien, als er erkrankte und sich zur Kur in ein Heilbad nahe seiner Heimatstadt begab. Dort erlitt er am 23. Juni 79 einen schlimmen Durchfall, der ihn beinahe ohnmächtig werden ließ. Er versuchte sich noch aufzurichten, was ihm allerdings nicht mehr gelang.[3] Nachfolger wurde ohne Schwierigkeiten sein Sohn Titus, der bald schon als mustergültiger Herrscher galt – ähnlich wie sein Vater, der das Reich nach den Wirren des Vierkaiserjahrs wieder stabilisiert und gefestigt hatte.
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Levick takes a much more dispassionate view of Vespasian in comparison to the approving portrayals offered by most ancient and modern scholars. She argues that Vespasian's first requirement was simply to survive and then to prove that the end of a dynasty did not mean the end of a civilized and peaceful way of life. This he accomplished through steadiness and a certain strength of personality that allowed him to succeed where his predecessors had failed.(207-208) In the end, these may seem to be rather unspectacular findings, but they are consistent with a careful reading of the ancient evidence and offer a much-needed corrective to the overly enthusiastic biographies of Suetonius and Homo.
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