History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . uded, after the example ofAugustus, the official worship, and he also attempted to rekindleexpiring piety. We can only catch a glimpseof this reform in the obscurity which envelopsthe entire history of this prince ; but helaboured to this end, for inscriptions which arestill to be read celebrate him as the restorerof the ancient rites, religious ceremonials, andsacred edifices. - One of the temples whichhe built was dedicated to a strange divinity. Third Temple of the Capitol,to Claudius ; but Claudiu
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . uded, after the example ofAugustus, the official worship, and he also attempted to rekindleexpiring piety. We can only catch a glimpseof this reform in the obscurity which envelopsthe entire history of this prince ; but helaboured to this end, for inscriptions which arestill to be read celebrate him as the restorerof the ancient rites, religious ceremonials, andsacred edifices. - One of the temples whichhe built was dedicated to a strange divinity. Third Temple of the Capitol,to Claudius ; but Claudius was the author of his good fortune ; besides, having been made (/iiHs\ he ought tohave his priests and altars ; it was according to law. Vespasian was not fond of the shows, especially thoseof gladiators, and in the whole Empire he gave permission onlyto the Ephesians to institute new games. But he multipliedthe number of buildings, for he wished, like Augustus, that thepeople might gain their living by labour. An engineer agreedto convey some immense columns into the Capitol at a small. The soldiers of the fleet petitioned for shoes, on account of the frequent journeys they hadto make from Puteoli or Ostia to Rome; he obliged them to go barefoot. (Suet., Vesp., 8.) ^ Cf. Orelli, Nos. 746, 1,460, 1,S68, 2,364. Vespasian had, in his turn, his priests sodalenand senri Flaviales {Id., Nos. 2,370 and 2,375). ^ On this coin are very distinctly seen the six Corinthian columns of the façade, the statuesof the three divinities of the Capitol, Jupiter seated between Minerva and .luno, who arestanding. The tympanum presents the same figures in the same disposition, two men strikingthe anvil at the angles. At the summit of the pediment, the quadriga which previouslyadorned the first two edifices. (Saglio, Dirf. dc^ Antiq., p. 903 and fig. 1,14S.) n: 2 652 THE CESARS AND THE FLAYII, 14 TO 9G expense ; he ordered a large sum to be paid him, but declined hisproposal, saying : Suffer
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