HIST 1061 Lecture 30: Flavian Dynasty
Document Summary
Nero had no successor and rome appeared on the verge of reverting back to a republic. Rome was in a complete freefall leading to the year of four emperors. The 4 emperors were all generals who were elected by their private armies. Vespasian is the only one who survives so he is the emperor. Vespasian is important because he establishes the flavian dynasty. They fought together on the battlefield against the jews and both were decorated and beloved generals. Josephus, an ancient roman author, actually fought for the. Je(cid:449)s (cid:271)ut (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e o(cid:374)e of vespasia(cid:374)"s (cid:448)er(cid:455) (cid:272)lose frie(cid:374)ds after the (cid:449)ar. The most important thing to vespasian during his rule was ridding rome of nero. He immediately tore down his massive palace and converted into things for the people to enjoy including the flavian amphitheatre. Nero had exhausted rome of all of its economic funding which forced vespasian to drastically raise taxes. All philosophers were banned from rome under vespasian.
