The Roman emperor Vespasian (9-79) was the founder of the Flavian dynasty, which marked the shift from a narrow Roman to a broader Italian--and ultimately empirewide--participation in the leadership of the Roman Empire. Vespasian, whose full Latin name...

Ed. by Stephen Spector, Early English Text Society, Supplementary Series, 11, 12, 2 Vols. (Oxford: Oxford University Press for the EETS, 1991). lvii + 661 pp. ISBN 019-722411-3; 019-722412-1. 45.00[pounds]. |BL MS Cotton Vespasian D.8 contains one of the four surviving English...

David Halbfinger covers the business of sports for the Globe. ROME -- It had luxury seats, a retractable roof and the ideal location: 6 acres in the heart of downtown. It went 250 years without needing repairs. It's still standing today, 1,916 years...