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From a pre-eminent biographer in the field, this volume examines the life and times of the emperor Vespasian and challenges the validity of his perennial good reputation and universally acknowledged achievements. Levick examines how this plebeian and uncharismatic Emperor restored peace and confidence to Rome and ensured a smooth succession, how he coped with the military, political and economic problems of his reign, and his evaluation of the solutions to these problems, before she finally examines his posthumous reputation.
Now updated to take account of the past 15 years of scholarship, and with a new chapter on literature under the Flavians, Vespasian is a fascinating study for students of Roman history and the general classical enthusiast alike.
Contents
List of plates
List of maps
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Key dates
Stemma I: The Flavian
Stemma II: The Arrecini and Julii
Maps
Introduction
1 A new man in politics
2 Vespasian and the aristocracy: the command in Britain
3 From Nero's court to the walls of Jerusalem
Appendix: Josephus' dates for the Jewish War 40
4 The bid for Empire
The year 69
Vespasian's success
5 Ideology in action
6 A new Emperor and his opponent
7 Financial survival
8 Stabilization: the winning of peace
9 Enhancement: the physical and moral restoration of the Roman world
Rome and Italy
Provinces west and east: gifts, status, Romanization, titles
10 Imperialism: Vespasian's army and the extension of the
Empire
11 Elites
12 Vespasian and his sons
13 Conclusion: ideology in the aftermath
Notes
Concordance
Bibliography
Index
