2019-12-20 Fri

Emperor Vespasian was the fourth and last in the ‘year of the four emperors’ who founded the Flavian dynasty and ruled the Roman Empire for nearly 9 years. Today on 20th December in the year 69 AD, Vespasian enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.

His fiscal reforms and consolidation of the empire generated political stability and a vast Roman building program. He helped rebuild Rome after the civil war. He constructed monuments like the state of Apollo, Theater of Marcekkus, he also began the construction of the Colosseum.

After Vespasian death, his son Titus became the second king of Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roma Empire for 27 years.

The coinage of Vespasian consists of various denominations i.e. Sestarius, AS, Drahma, Denarius, Dupondius, Didramn, etc. The above shown Roman Aureus depicting Vespasian as Emperor on its obverse face. On the other hand, the reverse shows the goddess Fortuna.

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