THEBES. 65 
And upon the opposite side of the street we chap. 
found another, recording the grateful tribute of ^ ■ v -^ 
a citizen to Domitian, son of Vespasian, and 
brother of Titus, both of whom might have 
visited Thebes, for their father accompanied 
Nero into Greece. Whatsoever contributes 
towards the history of Fespasians family, may 
be deemed worth preserving. Having risen 
from the humble station of a farrier, to that 
of a Roman sovereign, he was the first of the 
Emperors who was succeeded by his son upon 
the throne. It states, that " Aristides, with 
HIS CHILDREN, AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, {honOUTs) 
Domitian, a son of the Emperor C^sar 
Augustus Vespasian:" 
AOMITIANONKAIZAPAAYTOKP.AT 
OPOZKAIZAPOZZEBAZTOYOY 
EZnASIANOY.YION 
APISTIAHXXYNTOIZTEKNOIZ 
. . . AlKnKAIAPIZTIAHEKTriNlAf.aN 
In the age oi Alexander, there was at Thebes state of 
Painting 
a painter of the name of Aristides, by some ,-„ th 
believed the inventor of encaustic painting: but 
this is disputed by PUmf, who, in his valuable 
(2) Vid.P/in.Hist. Nat. lib. xxxv. c. 11. torn. Ill, p.444. L.Bat. 
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