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Vespasian

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Vespasian (; Latin: Vespasianus [wɛspasiˈaːnʊs]; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The last emperor to reign in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Empire for 27 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vespasian has received more than 4,320,540 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Vespasian is the 143rd most popular politician (down from 125th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 50th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Politician.

Vespasian was a Roman emperor, the founder of the Flavian dynasty, and the father of Titus and Domitian.

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  • 86

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  • 10.01

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  • 4.07

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vespasian ranks 143 out of 15,577Before him are Sun Yat-sen, Şehzade Mustafa, Augusto Pinochet, Hulagu Khan, Richard Nixon, and Osman II. After him are Joseph Goebbels, John Major, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Oliver Cromwell, Simón Bolívar, and Cardinal Richelieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 9, Vespasian ranks 1 Among people deceased in 79, Vespasian ranks 1After him are Pliny the Elder, Pope Linus, Aulus Caecina Alienus, and Drusilla.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vespasian ranks 63 out of 4,668Before him are Federico Fellini (1920), Fibonacci (1170), Lucretius (-94), Pope Clement VII (1478), Umberto Eco (1932), and Guglielmo Marconi (1874). After him are Antonio Stradivari (1644), Benedict of Nursia (480), Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Vitruvius (-75), Giacomo Casanova (1725), and Pope Pius XI (1857).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Vespasian ranks 13Before him are Marcus Aurelius (121), Caligula (12), Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), and Mark Antony (-83). After him are Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Titus (41), Brutus the Younger (-85), Domitian (51), and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600).