Divus Vespasianus
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He was a great encourager of learning and the liberal arts. He first granted to the Latin and Greek professors of rhetoric the yearly stipend of a hundred thousand sesterces
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each out of the exchequer. He also bought the freedom of superior poets and artists,
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and gave a noble gratuity to the restorer of the Coan Venus,
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and to another artist who repaired the Colossus.
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Some one offering to convey some immense columns into the Capitol at a small expense by a mechanical contrivance, he rewarded him very handsomely for his invention, but would not accept his service, saying, "Suffer me to find maintenance for the poor people."
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