THE BIOGRAPHY OP VESPASIAN BY SUETONIUS 301 



de Corr. Hellenique, 1886, p. 218. The appearance of his name 

 on several pipes from Aricia makes it probable that he owned an 

 estate in that favored neighborhood where Vitellius had dallied when 

 he should have been preparing for his struggle for the empire. 



C. I. L., XIV, 2178; Tac. His. Ill, 36. 



Censorship. Suet. Vesp. 8; p. 229, 1. 33. The vexed question 

 of the exact date of his censorship can only be cleared up by assum- 

 ing that the fragmentary 0. I. L. V; 4312 read Censor des. This 

 would allow us to take April 1st, 73, as the day on which he assumed 

 the censorship, and I think this date may be accepted as practically 

 certain. It was during his censorship that he conferred Latin rights 

 on Spain in connection with which there are many inscriptions. 



Vide Newton op. C. p. 31 seq. 



Deformis urbs veteribus incendiis ac ruinis erat. Suet. Vesp. 

 8; p. 230, 1. 19. As we should have expected Vespasian proceeded 

 most promptly to the practical work of restoring and improving the 

 city. The streets and acqueducts received immediate attention, and 

 before the end of 71 we have these two inscriptions. 



Imp. Caesari | Vespasiano Aug., | pont. max., tr. pot. Ill, | 

 imp. IIX, p. p., COS. Ill, des IIII, | s. c, | quod vias urbis | negle- 

 gentia | superior, tempor. | corruptas in | pensa sua restituit. 



C. I. L. VI, 931. 



Imp. Caesar Vespasianus August., pontif. max., trib. pot. II, 

 imp. VI, COS. Ill, desig. IIII, p. p., | aquas Curtiara et Caeruleam, 

 perductas a divo Claudio et postea intermissas dilapsasque | per annos 

 novem, sua impensa urbi restituit. C. I. L. VI, 1257. 



In connection with these words of Suetonius quoted above there 

 is a peculiar significance attaching to C. I. L. VI, 940, for the 

 subrutores were probably kept busy from the accession of Vespasian 

 to the death of Titus. 



