Thus Augustus, after all his fairer prospects had been snatched from him by untimely deaths, rested his last hopes on Tiberius, obtained for his adopted son the censorial and tribunitian powers, and dictated a law, by which the future prince was invested with an authority equal to his own, over the provinces and the armies.

[32] Thus Vespasian subdued the generous mind of his eldest son.

Titus was adored by the eastern legions, which, under his command, had recently achieved the conquest of Judaea.

His power was dreaded, and, as his virtues were clouded by the intemperance of youth, his designs were suspected.

Instead of listening to such unworthy suspicions, the prudent monarch associated Titus to the full powers of the Imperial dignity; and the grateful son ever approved himself the humble and faithful minister of so indulgent a father.