Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Vespasian

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Roman royalty Vespasian.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Vespasian

Vespasian was a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 69 to 79. The fourth and last emperor who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empire for 27 years. His fiscal reforms and consolidation of the empire generated political stability and a vast Roman building program.

It becomes an emperor to die standing (i.e., "in harness"). [Lat., Decet imperatorem statem mori.]
Dear me! I must be turning into a god.
Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet. — © Vespasian
Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet.
Riches are well, if gotten well and spent well.
Quell rebellion before it spreads.
Woe is me. Me thinks I'm turning into a god.
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