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And as he was deliberating to whom he should commit the care of the
East, now it was in so great a commotion, and who might be best able to
punish the Jews for their rebellion, and might prevent the same distemper
from seizing upon the neighboring nations also, - he found no one but Vespasian
equal to the task, and able to undergo the great burden of so mighty a
war, seeing he was growing an old man already in the camp, and from his
youth had been exercised in warlike exploits: he was also a man that had
long ago pacified the west, and made it subject to the Romans, when it
had been put into disorder by the Germans; he had also recovered to them
Britain by his arms, which had been little known before 1
whereby he procured to his father Claudius to have a triumph bestowed on
him without any sweat or labor of his own.
1 Take the confirmation of this in the words of Suetonius, here produced by Dr. Hudson: "In the reign of Claudius," says he, "Vespasian, for the sake of Narcissus, was sent as a lieutenant of a legion into Germany. Thence he removed into Britain " battles with the enemy." In Vesp. sect. 4. We may also here note from Josephus, that Claudius the emperor, who triumphed for the conquest of Britain, was enabled so to do by Vespasian's conduct and bravery, and that he is here styled "the father of Vespasian."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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