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^{page 156 note 3} Scott, ibid. pp. 33–34.

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^{page 156 note 7} It is not impossible that the Senate itseli took the lead in suggesting the installation of a provincial cult in the three Western provinces still technically under senatorial control. That it was quite capable of this kind of flattery can be seen from the coin types it issued which occasionally portray Vespasian wearing the radiate crown (Ph. Lederer, ‘Beiträge zur römischen Münz-kunde IV’, Zeitschrift für Numismatik xl [1930]; 51 Google Scholar). This form of decoration had been restricted to deified members of the Imperial House until adopted by Nero and was therefore strictly inconsistent with Vespasian's studied return to Augustan practice. See also the discussion in Hermes (above, n. 6), p. 355 n. 1.Google Scholar

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^{page 157 note 1} The new cults established in Narbonensis, Baetica, and Proconsularis are clearly distinct from the Flavian institution at Arae Flaviae where the central purpose was undoubtedly to strengthen loyalty to Rome in the newly won territory of Upper Germany. These Flavian altars in the Agri Decumates may thus be compared with earlier foundations in such backward and uncivilized territories as the Three Gauls or the Rhineland.

^{page 157 note 2} Cf. Vespasian's efforts to promote the urbanization and municipalization of the Latin West. For surveys of literature on these significant developments see Rostovtzeff, M., The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire² (Oxford, 1957), pp. 560 n. 10; 571Google Scholar

^{page 157 note 3} A central feature of this programme was the admission of small groups of Western provincials to the Roman senate, all of whom were drawn under Vespasian from the three great senatorial provinces. For statistics see Hammond, M. ‘Composition of the Senate A.D. 68–235’, J.R.S. xlvii (1957), 74–81. As it was clearly impracticable to elevate all important provincials to office in Rome, the annual provincial priesthood could provide an outlet for the ambitions of local dignitaries who might otherwise have been politically dangerous.Google Scholar

^{page 157 note 4} It proved an accurate prediction. Soon after his death Vespasian was officially deified by the senate—only the second Emperor since Augustus to receive this signal honour.