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AND now, when Vespasian had given answers to the embassages, and
had disposed of the places of power justly, 1
and according to every one's deserts, he came to Antioch, and consulting
which way he had best take, he preferred to go for Rome, rather than to
march to Alexandria, because he saw that Alexandria was sure to him already,
but that the affairs at Rome were put into disorder by Vitellius; so he
sent Mucianus to Italy, and committed a considerable army both of horsemen
and footmen to him; yet was Mucianus afraid of going by sea, because it
was the middle of winter, and so he led his army on foot through Cappadocia
and Phrygia.
1 This is well observed by Josephus, that Vespasian, in order to secure his success, and establish his government at first, distributed his offices and places upon the foot of justice, and bestowed them on such as best deserved them, and were best fit for them. Which wise conduct in a mere heathen ought to put those rulers and ministers of state to shame, who, professing Christianity, act otherwise, and thereby expose themselves and their kingdoms to vice and destruction.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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