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Vespasian
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Latin in full CAESAR US AUGUSTUS, original name TITUS FLAVIUS
US (b. Nov. 17?, AD 9, Reate [Rieti], Latium--d. June 24, 79),
Roman emperor (AD 69-79) who, though of humble birth, became the founder
of the Flavian dynasty after the civil wars that followed Nero's .... Middle of Essay
.... quaestorship in Crete, he reached the praetorship in the earliest year
allowed him by law, namely AD 39, the year in which his elder son, Titus,
was born.
Vespasian ingratiated himself with the ruling emperor, Caligula (Gaius
Caesar); and in the next reign, that of Claudius, he won the favour of the
powerful freedman Narcissus. He became commander of the Legio II Augusta,
which took part in the invasion of Britain in 43. After distinguished
conduct at the crossing of the Medway River, he was given charge of the
left wing of the advance; he proceeded to occupy the Isle of Wight and to
conquer tribes as far west as Devon, capturing more than 20 "tow ....
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