-Occasionally portrayed bearded
-The victor, Vespasian, founded a new dynasty, and the Flavians ruled the Roman Empire for a quarter century
- -Vespasian revived the veristic imagery of the Republic, depicting him as an older man
- with deep lines and a balding head
-Vespasian was anti-Nero
-Vitellius: depicted in statues as commander of army
-Titus : depicted as man 40 years and slightly resembling his father as intended
-Caligula: represent him as a young man, none give a hint of his reputed mental instability