History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . liemaius of the Baths uf Tit us. harsh administration of Vespasian. Let us hasten to state thatcommunities suffering under any calamity found him as prompt toalleviate their miseries as the courtiers to satisfy their desires. Aneruption of Vesuvius overwhelmed Kercidaneum, Pompeii, and3tabiœ ; pestilence carried off thousands of people even in Eome ;and at last a conflagration, which raged thiee days, consumed oncemore the Capitol, the library of Augustus, and Pompeys Campania Titus sent me
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . liemaius of the Baths uf Tit us. harsh administration of Vespasian. Let us hasten to state thatcommunities suffering under any calamity found him as prompt toalleviate their miseries as the courtiers to satisfy their desires. Aneruption of Vesuvius overwhelmed Kercidaneum, Pompeii, and3tabiœ ; pestilence carried off thousands of people even in Eome ;and at last a conflagration, which raged thiee days, consumed oncemore the Capitol, the library of Augustus, and Pompeys Campania Titus sent men of consular rank m ith large sums ofmoney, and he devoted to the relief of the survivors the propertythat had fallen to the treasury through the death of those whohad perished in the disaster without leaving heirs. At Eome he. i»^(p Titus (Statue iu the Vatican, Braccio Nuovo, No. 20, found near the Ciuirch ofS. John Lateran, 1828). TITUS AND DOMITIAN, 79 TO i)6 G79 took upou himself the Avork of repairing everythinj;, and to providethe requisite funds he sold the furniture of the imperial lavish expenditure, which was in some instances necessary,might possibly reduce Domitian to financial straits, and Ave shallsee how Domitian escaped the difficulty. This reign lasted only tAventy-six months, from the 28rd ofJune, ). 79, to the loth of September, 81. As Titus Avasabout to visit his paternal estatein the Sabine territory he Avasseized by a violent fever, Avhichsoon left no hope of his is a report that he partlyopened the curtains of his litterand gazed at the sky Avith eyesfull of tears and , he exclaimed, must Idie so soon? In all my life Ihave, however, but one thing torepent. What Avas this ? Xoone khows. Let us not investi-gate,^ nor state on the ot
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