History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . by taking all unto itself,even the road of tombs which leadsto the enshrouded city. In the pro-vinces he rebuilt at his own expensecities ruined by earthquakes or byfire ; he constructed roads withoutmolesting the bordering proprietors,^he erected useful monuments, andterminated the disputes of com-munities with reference to theirboundaries. It is not, therefore, clear why -^^i^en a, found near the Temple of ^ (>«tatue or the \aticaii, Jlxs. 1 Suetonius, after enumerating his r/e/«.. pi. 9). expend
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . by taking all unto itself,even the road of tombs which leadsto the enshrouded city. In the pro-vinces he rebuilt at his own expensecities ruined by earthquakes or byfire ; he constructed roads withoutmolesting the bordering proprietors,^he erected useful monuments, andterminated the disputes of com-munities with reference to theirboundaries. It is not, therefore, clear why -^^i^en a, found near the Temple of ^ (>«tatue or the \aticaii, Jlxs. 1 Suetonius, after enumerating his r/e/«.. pi. 9). expenditures, of which some were necessities and others bene-factions, should have applied to him a reproach which has clung tohis memory, that of a sordid and culpable avarice. According tothis writer—who listens at every keyhole, and accepts from every Auctis P. li. Jinihux, pomœriuin ampliaverunt terminaceruntgue (C. I. L., vi. No. 1,232). - Orelli, No. 744, in the year 76. •? Id., No. .-^.261. *• Id, No. . Intactis cultoribii (.\ur. Victor, de C(rs., .: Orelli. No. [.0-!l i. PeacePio 656 THE CJSSAKS AND THE FLAVII, 14 TO 96 gossip suspicious anecdotes and autlientic information, official state-ments and witticisms, without concerning himself whether oneportion of his story does not destroy some other—Vespasian soldmagistracies to applicants and pardon to those under prosecution ;bought up certain commodities to sell again at retail ; permittedthe governors to pillage, reserving the right to make them dis-gorge, like sponges, which he allowed to fill themselves in theprovinces but which he squeezed at Eome. Such customs wouldhave constituted a detestable government, itself organizing thesquandering of its own resources. Vespasian, a soldier trained todiscipline and order, certainly did not possess these, and we findno trace of them in the facts which have come down to us. Theselections that we know to have been made by him are excellent :in Britain, Frontinus
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