Excerpt from The Epigraphical Evidence for the Reigns of Vespasian and Titus The study of inscriptions and the evidence gathered from these monuments of past ages are greatly changing our histories of an cient Greece and Rome. By means of them disputed points are settled with certainty, dates are fixed, and innumerable facts are brought to light that could never have been learned from our ex tant literary sources. Hence it is that no historian of the present day can afford to neglect the science of epigraphy. This is true for any period from the late republic down to the fourth century of the empire, but it is especially true for the period of the Flavian emperors. Students of Roman history have suffered an irreparable loss from the fact that the Histories of Tacitus have survived only in a frag mentary form, breaking off just after the accession of Vespasian. Through this misfortune we are confined almost solely to the meagre outlines of Suetonius and Dio Cassius for the facts of the reigns of Vespasian and Titus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...XII, 9. Cf. no. 84; or tribunician power VIII--cf. no. 122. This inscription was on a cippus near the bridge now called S. Nicolai, on the via Cassia. It may commemorate the building of this bridge by Claudius and its restoration by Vespasian. The via Cassia led from Rome to Arretium, Florence, and Lucca. It was a frequented highway at least as early as Cicero's time.1 Via Flaminia. 118. Imp. T. Caesar divi Vespas./. Vespasianus Aug., pontif. max., tr. pot. XIIII,2 imp. XV, cos. VIII, p. p., cen. CXLII. (C. /. L. IX, 5936.) Date, January-June, 80. Septempeda in Picenum. The via Flaminia was the great highway from Rome to Ariminum. Septempeda was a small town on a branch of this road leading from Nuceria, in Umbria, to Ancona. The milestones of the branch were numbered from Rome. The Flaminian road was found of great importance on occasion of the invasion of Italy by the forces of Vespasian under Antonius Primus.' Vespasian added to its convenience by constructing a tunnel through the rock at Intercisa.4 Via Flavia. 119. Imp. Caesar Vespasianus Aug., pontif.: ., trib. pot. X, imp. XVIIIl, censor, cos. VIII, des. VII//, viam Flavian fecit. (C. I. L. V, 7987.) Date, July-December, 78. Pola in Histria. 120. Imp. Titus Caesar Vespasianus Aug., pont. max., tr. pot. IX, imp. XIIII, p. p., cens., cos. VII, viam F(laviam) f(ecit). XII. (C. /. L. V, 7988.) Date, July-December, 79. Unknown, now at Venice. 121. Imp. T. Caesar Vespasianus Aug., ponui. max., trib. pot. VIllI, imp. XIIII, (C. I. L. V, 7986.) Date, July-December, 79. Near Pola in Histria. 1 Cf. Cic. Phil. XII, 9. Stone-cutter's error for ViIIl. Tac. H. lll, 79, 82. Aur. Vict, Caes. 9, 8; Epit. 9, 10. These inscriptions show that the via Flavia, which...