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Author Phillip Barlag on Roman History’s Lessons for Modern Life | This is Where Your Temper Will Take You
The Daily Stoic
Are We Judging People by the Standards of the Day or by Yesterday?
Vespasian came to power at the end of what's called the year of the four emperors, he inherited an empire that armies were fighting against each other. He didn't embark on a massively bloody purge, as many of his successors and predecessors had done and would do in future. So by certain respects, he was more restrained, at least in terms of his treatment of his fellow romans. A lot of his deeds were quite herrific and terrible, but judged by the standards of his days, perfectly in keeping with the convention.
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