The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 10: Vespasian

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Title: T. Flavius Vespasianus Augustus (Vespasian) The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 10.
Author: C. Suetonius Tranquillus
Release Date: December 14, 2004 [EBook #6395]
Language: English
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THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS
By
C. Suetonius Tranquillus;
To which are added,
HIS LIVES OF THE GRAMMARIANS, RHETORICIANS, AND POETS.
The Translation of
Alexander Thomson, M.D.
revised and corrected by
T.Forester, Esq., A.M.T. FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS AUGUSTUS.
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I. The empire, which had been long thrown into a disturbed and unsetted state, by the rebellion and violent death of its
three last rulers, was at length restored to peace and security by the Flavian family, whose descent was indeed obscure,
and which boasted no ancestral honours; but the public had no cause to regret its elevation; though it is acknowledged
that Domitian met with the just reward of his ...