Vespasian
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Vespasian was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The last emperor to reign in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the empire for 27 years. His fiscal reforms and conso
Bust at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, c. 70 AD
Vespasian leading his forces against the Jewish revolt, a miniature in a 1470 illuminated manuscript version of the history of Josephus
Roman Emperor Nero sends Vespasian with an army to put down the Jewish revolt, 66 AD (depiction of 1503)
Vespasian sestertius, struck in 71 to celebrate the victory in the first Jewish–Roman War. Obverse: IMP. CAES. VESPASIAN AVG. P. M., TR. P., P. P., COS. III. The legend on the reverse says: IVDEA CAPTA, "Judaea conquered" – S. C.
Vitellius
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Aulus Vitellius was Roman emperor, ruling for eight months from 19 April to 20 December AD 69. Vitellius became emperor following the quick succession of the previous emperors Galba and Otho, in a yea
Vespasian
…ruled the empire for 27 years. His fiscal reforms and consolidation of the empire brought political stability and an extensive building program. After Vitellius Vespasian was the second emperor from an equestrian family and the first emperor who rose later in his lifetime into the senatorial rank as the first…
Aureus of Vitellius
Denarii of Vitellius, with a portrait of his father Lucius Vitellius (top) and his son and daughter (bottom).
Two aurei of Vitellius
Vitellius dragged through the streets of Rome, Georges Rochegrosse (1883)