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Vespasian, Auctoritas and Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

David Shotter
David Shotter
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University of Lancaster
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Vespasian's victory over Vitellius in the closing days of A.D. 69 enthroned a new emperor and initiated a new ruling dynasty; it also brought with it an opportunity — or rather, an obligation — to set in train a programme of recovery after the ‘aberration’ of Nero's later years and of the civil war which followed them. In the aftermath of Boudica's rebellion, this was as relevant to Britain as it was elsewhere in the Empire. The degree of Vespasian's perceived success is apparent in the positive and striking accolade accorded to him by Cornelius Tacitus.

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Britannia , Volume 35 , November 2004 , pp. 1 - 8
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Copyright © David Shotter 2007. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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