Overseen by Vespasian’s son Titus, this phase was completed in AD ... Watching over the port city of Rio de Janeiro from its ...

In 69 A.D., Roman General Vespasian was first proclaimed Emperor by troops in Egypt, during the year of the four emperors.

The son of Vespasian and the next emperor of Rome was Titus ... hair of face and head singed because he feared barber […] at times shaved his head and carried a statue of Anubis, Egyptian tutelary ...

It took around eight years to construct and it was intended as a gift to the Roman people from emperor Vespasian, who ruled ...