. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . perors, and theSenate had little power in comparison with the leaders oi thetroops. 3. A man like Vespasian, who had done his work in theprovinces ami was strong there, could become the ruler, faraway from the city of Rome, and without considering thewishes oi its people. 511. The Rule of the Flavian House, 69-96 A. D.: Ves-pasian.—The rule oi the Flavians—Vespasian. 09 -79 a. d.;Tittis. his elder son, 79-81 a. d. : Domitian, his younger son. 81-96 a. d.—was on thewhole very good. Vespasian was a simple,direct, and honest sold
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . perors, and theSenate had little power in comparison with the leaders oi thetroops. 3. A man like Vespasian, who had done his work in theprovinces ami was strong there, could become the ruler, faraway from the city of Rome, and without considering thewishes oi its people. 511. The Rule of the Flavian House, 69-96 A. D.: Ves-pasian.—The rule oi the Flavians—Vespasian. 09 -79 a. d.;Tittis. his elder son, 79-81 a. d. : Domitian, his younger son. 81-96 a. d.—was on thewhole very good. Vespasian was a simple,direct, and honest soldier, the son of atax-collector in a small town of Italy. Hewas the first emperor who could not claimdescent from the old nobility oi Rome:and many stories tell of the homely,peasant wit with which he rebuked Bat-terers who wished to worship him asa god. The reorganization oi the state, bank-rupt by sinful waste tinder Nero, and shattered by thecivil wars, marks Vespasian as a talented rider. He gaveespecial attention to the state finances, made up a deficit. Coin with He mdVespasi \\. Tho Inscription roads:Imperator Csesar Ves-pasian Augustus. THE KMPIRE DURING THE FIRST CENTURY L05 amounting to two billions of dollars, and left the state ingood financial condition. It had been customary for the Senate to declare theemperors gods after their death. When Vespasian feltdeath coming on he said to his friends whimsically: I feelthat 1 am becoming a god; and when the hour of his deathcame, he had himself placed upon his feet, saying that anemperor must die standing. 512. Growth of the Estates of the Emperors.—It is toVespasian, in all probability, that the credit must be givenfor organizing the management of the immense estates inItaly, Asia, and northern Africa, which had gradually cometo be personal property of the emperors, and the rental ofwhich was paid into the fiscus. These estates had come intothe emperors possession in the following manner: The great generals who co
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