Vespasian

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage History

Pronounced Pron. vehs-PAY-zhee-ən(English) vehs-PAY-zhən(English)

Meaning & History

From the Roman cognomen Vespasianus, derived either from Latin vesper meaning "west" or "evening" or vespa meaning "wasp". This was the name of a 1st-century Roman emperor, Titus Flavius Vespasianus, the founder of the Flavian dynasty.