ABSTRACT
WITH the accession of Vespasian the weary Roman world found peace. For this the success of Flavian arms was primarily responsible; but a general weariness of the chaos which rival pretenders had provoked was also a factor. Men were prepared to support Vespasian for the same reason that they had been prepared to support Augustus : he bade fair to put an end to the tribulations of the State and promised some sort of order and security.
