. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. r a moment as though a Gallo-Germanempire was to be raised on the ruins of the Roman powernorth of the Alps. But dissension arose among the con-federates, which weakened the movement and aided Ves-pasians general Cerialis in crushing the insurrection andrestoring the Roman authority. Vespasian rebuilt the Capitoiine temple, which had beenburned during the struggle between his soldiers and theadherents of Vitellius ; he constructed a new forum, whichbore his own name; and also began the erection of the cel-ebrated Flavian a
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. r a moment as though a Gallo-Germanempire was to be raised on the ruins of the Roman powernorth of the Alps. But dissension arose among the con-federates, which weakened the movement and aided Ves-pasians general Cerialis in crushing the insurrection andrestoring the Roman authority. Vespasian rebuilt the Capitoiine temple, which had beenburned during the struggle between his soldiers and theadherents of Vitellius ; he constructed a new forum, whichbore his own name; and also began the erection of the cel-ebrated Flavian amphitheatre, which was completed by hissuccessor. After a most prosperous reign of ten years,Vespasian died 79, the first emperor after Augustus FROM TIBERIUS TO MARCUS AURELIUS. 349 who had not met with a violent death. At the last momenthe requested his attendants to raise him upon his feet thathe might die standing, as befitted a Roman emperor. 223. Reign of Titus ( 79-81). — In a short reign of twoyears Titus won the title of the Friend and the Delight. Triumphal Procession from the Arch of Titus. (Showing the Seven-branched Candlestick and other trophies from the Temple atJerusalem. From a photograph.) of Mankind. He was unwearied in acts of benevolenceand in bestowal of favors. Having let a day slip by with-out some act of kindness performed, he is said to haveexclaimed reproachfully, I have lost a day. Titus completed and dedicated the great Flavian amphi-theatre begun by his father, Vespasian. This vast struc-ture, which accommodated more than eighty thousand 35° ROME AS AN EMPIRE. spectators, is better known as the Colosseum — a namegiven it either because of its gigantic proportions, or onaccount of a colossal statue of Nero which happened tostand near it (par. 291). The reign of Titus, though so short, was signalized bytwo great disasters. The first was a conflagration at Rome,which was almost as calamitous as the Great Fire in the
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