Vespasian and Mettius Pompusianus

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2022
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Woods, David
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Societas Danica indagationis antiquitatis et Medii aevi
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https://doi.org/10.7146/classicaetmediaevalia.v71i.134233
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Several ancient sources agree that the emperor Vespasian did not punish a certain Mettius Pompusianus when he learned that he had received an imperial horo- scope, but appointed him as consul. It is argued here that Vespasian intended his appointment of Pompusianus as consul as the fulfilment of this horoscope which was vaguer in its original language than the surviving sources suggest. This saved him from having to punish Pompusianus.
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Vespasian , Mettius Pompusianus , Imperial horoscope , Consul
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Woods, D. (2022) 'Vespasian and Mettius Pompusianus', Classica et Mediaevalia, 71, pp. 129-138. https://doi.org/10.7146/classicaetmediaevalia.v71i.134233
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© 2022, David Woods. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in Classica et Mediaevalia.