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).

"This second edition of Vespasian includes an important new chapter on Literature and Politics in the Flavian Era. Barbara Levick applies her vast learning and scholarly integrity to an examination of the place of Flavian literature in the canon, and the effect the Flavian emperors had upon it. Her study elucidates how the writers of the age had the odds stacked against them and why they were, although not second-rate, predestined to be secondary to their Augustan predecessors of a hundred years earlier."- Geraldine Herbert-Brown, The University of Sydney, Australia"Levick’s book remains an important and useful contribution to scholarship ... Levick’s Vespasian has been a staple of undergraduate reading lists since its first appearance in 1999. It will remain so for years to come – and with good reason. As a work of scholarship it is solid, cautious, and frequently illuminating. Levick is a sound guide for any student or scholar approaching Roman politics during the years of Vespasian’s ascent and political supremacy."- Christopher Mallan, University of Oxford, UK, in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• List of platesList of mapsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsKey datesStemma I: The FlavianStemma II: The Arrecini and JuliiMapsIntroduction1 A new man in politics2 Vespasian and the aristocracy: the command in Britain3 From Nero’s court to the walls of JerusalemAppendix: Josephus’ dates for the Jewish War 404 The bid for Empire The year 69Vespasian’s success5 Ideology in action6 A new Emperor and his opponent7 Financial survival8 Stabilization: the winning of peace 9 Enhancement: the physical and moral restoration of the Roman worldRome and ItalyProvinces west and east: gifts, status, Romanization, titles10 Imperialism: Vespasian’s army and the extension of theEmpire11 Elites12 Vespasian and his sons 13 Conclusion: ideology in the aftermath NotesConcordanceBibliographyIndex