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Quotation from The Histories by Tacitus
“He was the first emperor who ever changed for the better.”
The Histories, Book I, ch. 50, trans. W. Hamilton Fyfe (1912)
Romans weighing Otho and Vitellius look to Vespasian, whose reputation was still uncertain.
Citation: "He was the first emperor who ever changed for the better." — Tacitus, The Histories, Book I, ch. 50, trans. W. Hamilton Fyfe (1912). (id tacitus-the-histories-q6)
Portrait: Tacitus, Cornelius (50 - 116), Unknown author, Public domain.
