THE BIOGRAPHY OF VESPASIAN BY SUETONIUS 303 



speaking, many-named advocate — C. Salvio C. f. Vel. Liberal! — 

 Nonio Basso, cos,, procos. provin | ciae J[/«cedoniae, legato Augus- 

 torum I provinc. Britann, legato leg. Y Maced., | fratri ^rvali, 

 adlecto ab divo Vespasiano | et divo Tito inter tribunicios, ab isdem 

 I allecto inter praetorios, quinq. IIII, p. c. Hie sorte j procos. faciwa 

 provinciae Asiae se excusavit. C. I. L. IX, 5538. 



It has never been pointed out, to my knowledge, that his wife 



may have been related to Vitellius as is suggested by the following 



epitaph: Vitelliae | C. f. RufiUae | C. Salvi Liberalis cos. (uxori) 



j flamini Salutis Aug., matri | optumae | C. Salvius Vitellianus 



vivos. C. I. L. IX, 5534. 



Mestrius Floras. Suet. Vesp. 22; p. 234, 1. 15. Mestrius 

 Florus of the "au" episode is mentioned in an Ephesian inscription 

 as proconsul. Bull, de Corr. Hell. I, p. 289. 



