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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4252012, member: 81887&quot;]If I had to pick one of the &quot;12 Caesars&quot; as my favorite, it would have to be Vespasian.&nbsp; He seems to me the most humanly relatable of the lot- he&#039;s the Caesar you&#039;d want to have a beer with.&nbsp; A couple of portraits:</p><p>Showing off his two fine sons (well, one fine son and one other son) Titus and Domitian :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084724[/ATTACH]</p><p>And a nice portrait on a big, heavy sestertius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084726[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anecdotes: Vespasian had a ready wit and practical, earthy sensibilities, and several examples have survived.&nbsp; When a friend criticized him for instituting a tax on the public toilets, he told a slave to bring an example of the money raised by the tax.&nbsp; He handed the coin to the friend and asked, &quot;Does it stink?&quot;&nbsp; On his friend admitting it did not, Vespasian replied &quot;But it comes from urine!&quot;&nbsp; (&quot;Urine&quot; is probably too polite a translation.)&nbsp; While on his deathbed, upon realizing he would probably die and then be posthumously deified by the Senate, he gave his last words &quot;Oh dear, I think I&#039;m turning into a god!&quot; And he wasn&#039;t a bloodthirsty maniac only out for his own gain, unlike certain other Caesars, so there&#039;s that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who is [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]&#039;s favorite of the 12 Caesars? I&#039;m guessing Otho, because, like Ryro, he is very easy to forget about.&nbsp; (I&#039;m kidding!&nbsp; Please don&#039;t send me a box of coronavirus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie68" alt=":nurse:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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