I suspect Vespasian would have been unimpressed as he was famous for his down to
earth attitude and such vanity would be atypical. I wonder if this was done in
Domitian's reign as it would be more his style to "honour" his father in this
way.

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> Subject: [Imperial Rome] Statue of Vespasian as hero. Marble. A.D. 81—96
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