AR Denarius 18 mm, 3.16 g, 7 h
Rome, 72-73
IMP CAES VESP AVG COS IIII Laureate head of Vespasian to right
Rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTI Victory walking to right, placing wreath on standard
BMC 74. Cohen 618. RIC 362
November 17
Vespasian is born in Italy.
Vespasian obtains a minor magistracy post in Rome as head of street cleaning. Caligula, most displeased at his efforts, stuffs muck down his toga.
Vespasian succeeds at becoming a tribune.
Approximate year of marriage of Vespasian to Domitilla.
Vespasian is promoted to praetor.
December 30
Birth of Titus to Domitilla and Vespasian.
Vespasian is appointed legate of the Legio II in Germania by Claudius.
Vespasian distinguishes himself in the Roman invasion of Britain.
Birth of daughter Domitilla the Younger to Domitilla and Vespasian.
Vespasian serves as consul.
October 24
Domitian born to Flavia Domitilla Major and Vespasian.
Vespasian comes out of retirement to serve as a governor in Africa.
Death of Domitilla the Younger, daughter of Vespasian, due to illness or childbirth.
Nero dispatches Vespasian to quell the Jewish Revolt.
Vespasian accompanies Nero to Greece, but loses political favor when he falls asleep during Nero’s performance on the lyre.
Vespasian begins an assault on the Jewish Revolt.
June 21
A roman legion under Vespasian destroys Jericho.
Troops loyal to Vespasian defeat the army of Vitellius at Bedriacum.
July
Vespasian has control over all of Judea except Jerusalem.
July
Vespasian is the first emperor since Augustus to visit Egypt. He stays in Alexandria.
July 1
Soldiers in Judea proclaim Vespasian Emperor.
October 24
Troops of Vitellius are defeated by those of Vespasian at the Second Battle of Bedriacum.
Roman emperor Vespasian honors Byblos for its loyalty during the Jewish Revolt, providing certain privileges to the city.
Vespasian initiates the fiscus Iudaicus, a tax all Jews in the Roman Empire had to pay.
Samothrace is absorbed into the Roman Empire by Vespasian.
December 20
Vitellius is beheaded by supporters of Vespasian in a bloody battle for Rome in which an estimated 50,000 people die.
December 21
Domitian is declared Caesar by his father Vespasian.
December 21
Vespasian is declared Emperor by the Senate.
January
The Batavian Rebellion erupts in Gaul against Vespasian.
September
The Batavians agree to a peace deal with Rome and Vespasian, aware that the full force of Rome would be upon them with the end of the Jewish War.
Nerva serves as consul under Vespasian.
Construction on the Colosseum begins under Vespasian.
Domitian serves as consul under Vespasian.
An earthquake causes severe damage in Kourion and is restored by Vespasian.
Pliny the Elder finishes his Natural Histories and dedicates it to Titus, the son of Vespasian.
A plot by Aulus Caecina Alienus to kill Vespasian is uncovered. Titus invites him to dinner and orders him stabbed to death.
June 24