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 tax ...

The Arch of Titus is one of the most magnificent ancient monuments surviving in Rome and offers a fascinating insight into ...

After bloody fighting in Rome itself, Vespasian was declared emperor. An army general who had been suppressing the rebellion in Judea, he wasted no time in establishing his own dynasty.