Vespasian

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Vespasian (; full birth name Latin: Titus Flavius Vespasianus, pronounced [ˈt̪ɪt̪ʊs ˈfɫaːwijʊs wɛs.pasiˈjaːnʊs]) 17 November 9 AD – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The last emperor to reign in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty, which lasted for 27 years. His fiscal reforms and consolidation of the empire brought political stability and an extensive building program. After Vitellius, Vespasian was the second emperor from an equestrian family and the first emperor who rose later in his lifetime into the senatorial rank as the first member of his family to do so. He rose to prominence through military achievement: he served as legate of Legio II Augusta during the Roman invasion of Britain in 43, and later led the suppression of the Jewish rebellion of 66–70. When the emperor Nero committed suicide in June 68, Vespasian was engaged in the campaign in Judaea. Rome was plunged into a year of civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. After the...

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