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Message:: [QUOTE="Bert Gedin, post: 3114671, member: 92556"]Having, just briefly, studied Suetonius and Michael Grant about Vespasian, although he was not a "saint", and shared some of the faults and discrepancies as many Caesars, for instance the occasional execution, in comparison, he appears to have been a, relatively, "good" Caesar. He had a sense of humour, and some of his jokes live on. Critically, while governor of Judea, his task was to suppress the First Jewish Revolt. The Roman Empire was no modern democracy, and many lands were also attacked around that time. He celebrated Brutus' and Cassius' birthdays each year. They had assassinated Julius Caesar, who himself had innumerable deaths to his name. Vespasian had banished Helvidius, and ordered his execution. Suetonius says that "His (Vespasian) one serious failure was avarice", and, further on, "Some claim that greed was in Vespasian's very bones. It would appear that, together with some better qualities, he did have a reputation for stinginess - although there may well be some occasions when he showed generosity.[/QUOTE]