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Identifier: historyofancient03good (find matches)
Title: A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Goodspeed, George Stephen, 1860-1905
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nd-ants after a reign of fifteen years. 446. Two important political changes date from theFlavian emperors, (i) They made much of the office ofcensor, by which they had large power over the senate.Domitian held it for life. By virtue of this censorialauthority Vespasian enlarged the senatorial order (§ 430),which had become thinned out by civil war and exe-cutions. He chose new senators from the most honor-able citizens throughout Italy and the Empire. Thus tothe old nobility was added a new official aristocracycreated by the emperor and friendly to him. (2) Ves-pasian met the problem of the succession by emphasiz-ing the hereditary right of his sons to follow him. Heassociated them with himself and designated them as hissuccessors. In the same way Titus made Domitian acolleague. The name Caesar was taken as an imperialtitle, as though these emperors were descended fromAugustus. The result of all these measures was to raisethe dignity and mark the supremacy of the Princeps. PLATE XIX
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Sil Spoils of the Jewish War RELIEF FROM THE ARCH OF TITUS IN ROME Foreign Affairs under the Flavians 381 The senate had less and less importance; the peoplenone. 447. Apart from the reorganization of the finances of imperialthe state and the restoration of order and peace by theseemperors, three imperial tasks call for special mention,(i) The province of Judaea (§ 413) broke out in a fierce Therebellion in a.d. 66. Vespasian had been sent against judaea.the rebels, and it was while he was fighting there that hislegions proclaimed him emperor. When he went toRome, he left the conduct of the war to Titus. Amongthe Jews there were many who preferred Roman rule,but a body of violent fanatics gained the upper hand,destroyed the Roman garrison in Jerusalem and slaugh-tered right and left. Finally Titus shut up the rebels in DestructionJerusalem. For five awful months the Romans besieged °em.^^^^and assaulted the city, until at last the rebels held only theTemple hill. The whole was final

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