Vespasian

Barbara Levick is Fellow and Tutor Emeritus, St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. She has published extensively on Roman history, with titles including Tiberius the Politician (Routledge, 1999), Vespasian (Routledge, 1999), The Government of the Roman Empire, second edition (Routledge, 2001), Julia Domna: Syrian Empress (Routledge, 2007) and Augustus: Image and Substance (2010).

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Acknowledgements



Abbreviations



Key dates



Stemma I: The Flavian



Stemma II: The Arrecini and Julii



Maps



Introduction



1 A new man in politics



2 Vespasian and the aristocracy: the command in Britain



3 From Nero’s court to the walls of Jerusalem

Appendix: Josephus’ dates for the Jewish War 40



4 The bid for Empire

The year 69



Vespasian’s success



5 Ideology in action



6 A new Emperor and his opponent



7 Financial survival



8 Stabilization: the winning of peace



9 Enhancement: the physical and moral restoration of the Roman world

Rome and Italy



Provinces west and east: gifts, status, Romanization, titles



10 Imperialism: Vespasian’s army and the extension of the



Empire



11 Elites



12 Vespasian and his sons



13 Conclusion: ideology in the aftermath



Notes



Concordance



Bibliography



Index