. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . father Vespasian, and,indeed, as regent of theempire. He triumphedwith his father, bore joint-ly with him the office oicensor, and was, besides,his colleague not only inthe tribunitian authority^but in seven upon himself thecare and inspection of all offices, he dictated letters, wroteproclamations in his fathers name, and pronounced hisspeeches in the senate, in place of the quaestor. He like-wise assumed the entire command of the praetorian guards,although no one but a Roman knight had ever be
. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . father Vespasian, and,indeed, as regent of theempire. He triumphedwith his father, bore joint-ly with him the office oicensor, and was, besides,his colleague not only inthe tribunitian authority^but in seven upon himself thecare and inspection of all offices, he dictated letters, wroteproclamations in his fathers name, and pronounced hisspeeches in the senate, in place of the quaestor. He like-wise assumed the entire command of the praetorian guards,although no one but a Roman knight had ever before beentheir prefect. In this he conducted himself with greathaughtiness and violence, taking off, without scruple or delay,all those he had most reason to suspect, after he had secretlysent his emissaries into the theatres and camps to demand, asif by general consent, that the suspected persons should bedelivered up to punishment. Among these he invited tosupper A. Caecina, a man of consular rank, whom he orderedto be stabbed on his departure, immediately after he had gone. 72 LirERAruR:^ oic ai^i, nations. out of the room. To this act, indeed, he was provoked by animminent danger; for he had discovered a writing under thehand of Caecina, containing an account of a plot hatchedamong the soldiers. By these acts, though he provided forhis future security, yet for the present he so much incurredthe hatred of the people that scarcely any one came to theempire with a more odious character, or more universallydisliked. Besides his reputation for cruelty, he was charged withgiving way to habits of luxury, as he often prolonged hisrevels till midnight with his riotous acquaintance. He wassupposed, besides, to be of a rapacious disposition; for it iscertain that in causes which came before his father he usedto offer his interest for sale and take bribes. In short, peoplepublicly expressed an unfavorable opinion of him, and saidhe would prove another Nero. This prejudice against himtu
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