According to Suetonius, this man once jokingly asked if certain coins reeked, since they came from the tax that he levied on 
According to Suetonius, this man once jokingly asked if certain coins reeked, since they came from the tax that he levied on urine. He was actually in Egypt, not Rome, when the Senate first officially recognized him, having been sent to the eastern reaches of the empire four years earlier with orders to suppress a (*) Jewish revolt, a charge he had received from Nero. During his rain, the first stones were laid for the Colosseum. He was the ultimate survivor of the Year of Four Emperors after Galba, Otho, and Vitellius. For 10 points, name this emperor who ruled from 69 to 79 CE, the founder of the Flavian dynasty and father of both Titus and Domitian.
According to Suetonius, this man once jokingly asked if certain coins reeked, since they came from the tax that he levied on urine.
Vespasian [or Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus]