<p>He was the mule breeder made good. General, sleepy audience member, wit, spendthrift, miser, tax collector, urine hoarder, invader, liberator and, ultimately, Emperor. </p><br><p>The man who inspired the phrase 'Emperors could be made elsewhere than Rome' the founder of the Flavian Dynasty and instigator of a big old arena in Rome you might have heard of, it's my favourite, Vespasian!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>