Vespasian (9 – 79 AD / ruled 69 – 79 AD) worked hard to restore law, order and self-respect to Rome after the civil war. He established the new, Flavian dynasty. Born to a Roman knight and ...

ROMEROME — Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, they said Friday. The 2,000-year-old ruins ...

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The last words of the Emperor Vespasian – the eighth emperor of Rome – were memorable for their down-to-earth common sense. "Damn," he is supposed to have said. "I think I am turning into a god." If ...

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Archeologists working in a mountainous region north of Rome have unearthed a villa they believe to be the birthplace of Vespasian, who was emperor of Rome nearly 2,000 years ago. Lead archaelogist ...

Vespasian (9 – 79 AD / ruled 69 – 79 AD) worked hard to restore law, order and self-respect to Rome after the civil war. He established the new, Flavian dynasty. Born to a Roman knight and ...