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  Titus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Titus was the elder son of the emperor Vespasian and Domitilla.
Titus succeeded his father as Emperor in 79, although some Senators were opposed to his relationship with Berenice, whom they compared to a new Cleopatra.
Titus was emperor during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 and the consequent destruction of life and property in the cities and resort communities around the Bay of Naples, such as Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Titus
Titus was born on 30 December A.D. 39 in Rome, one of three children of Vespasian, Roman emperor (A.D. 69-79), and Domitilla I, daughter of a treasury clerk.
Titus spent the winter of A.D. 70 touring the East with a splendid retinue of legionaries and prisoners, presumably to provide a public display of Flavian military prowess and to underscore the consequences of rebellion against his father by the punishments inflicted on Jewish prisoners.
Titus was the beneficiary of considerable intelligence and talent, endowments that were carefully cultivated at every step of his career, from his early education to his role under his father's principate.
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 TITUS - LoveToKnow Article on TITUS
(J. TITUS, FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS, Roman emperor from A.D. 79-81, son of the emperor Vespasian, was born on the 3oth of December A.D. 40 (or 41).
In 68 he was sent by his father to congratulate the newly proclaimed emperor, Galba; but, hearing of Galba's death and of the general confusion in the Roman world, he returned to Palestine, having in the meantime consulted the oracle of the Paphian Venus and received a favorable answer.
Titus died on the I3th of September 81.
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 Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This line of Roman emperors was actually generally German rather than Roman, but maintained their Romanness as a matter of principle; it lasted until 1806 when Francis II dissolved the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
This Julio-Claudian dynasty came to an end when the emperor Nero—a great-great-grandson of Augustus through his daughter and of Livia through her son—was deposed in AD Nero was followed by a succession of usurpers throughout 69, commonly called the "Year of the Four Emperors".
He was the last Emperor to rule over a united empire; the distribution of the East to his son Arcadius and the West to his son Honorius after his death in 395 represented a permanent division.
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 Encyclopedia: Domitian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman emperor of the gens Flavia.
Emperor Vespasian Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (November 18, 9 – June 23, 79), originally known as Titus Flavius Vespasianus and best known as Vespasian, was the emperor of Rome from 69 to 79.
A Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly honour the military commander (dux) of a notably successful foreign war or campaign and to display the glories of Roman victory.
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 TITUS (ROMAN EMPEROR) - LoveToKnow Article on TITUS (ROMAN EMPEROR)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The liberality which a generation later was recognized by Clement of Rome as a traditional virtue of the Corinthian Church owed its inception to Titus.
TITUS, THE EPISTLE TO, in the New Testament, an epistle which purports to have been written by Paul to Titus (i.
Public opinion was outraged, and Titus, though he had promised Berenice marriage, felt obliged to send her back to the East.
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Titus Details the life and reign of the Roman Emperor Titus.
Domitian Roman emperor and persecutor of the Church, son of Vespasian and younger brother and successor of the Emperor Titus; b.
Emperor Commodus Overview of the life and reign of this infamous Roman Emperor.
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 Titus
Titus, the elder son of emperor Vespasian, was born in AD 39.
Titus played a leading role in the negotiations which led to his father being proclaimed emperor by the eastern provinces.
Titus visited the stricken area, announced a state of emergency, set up a relief fund into which was put any property of victims who died with no heirs, offered practical assistance in rehousing survivors, and organized a senatorial commission to provide whatever help it could.
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 Roman Emperor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Discussion of Roman Emperors involves a high degree of historian's editorial discretion, for the Romans themselves did not share the modern understanding of the monarchical concepts of " (The domain ruled by an emperor or empress) empire" and " (The male ruler of an empire) emperor".
The Emperors of the first lineages are rather to be considered as quasi- (The chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government) head of state.
These emperors eventually normalised the imperial dignity into the modern conception of an emperor, incorporated it into the constitutions of the state, and adopted the aforementioned title Basileys Rhomaiôn ("Emperor of the Romans"; these Emperors ceased to use Latin as the language of state after (Click link for more info and facts about Heraclius) Heraclius).
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 ipedia.com: Roman Emperor Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Discussion of Roman Emperors involves a high degree of historian's editorial discretion, for the Romans themselves did not share the modern understanding of the monarchical concepts of "empire" and "emperor" (note that the Empire had all the political institutions and traditions of the Roman Republic, including the Senate and assemblies).
The concept of the Roman Empire was renewed in the West with the coronation of the king of the Franks, Karl I as Roman emperor on Christmas Day, 800.
This line of Roman emperors was actually generally German rather than Roman, but maintained their Romanness as a matter of principle; it lasted until 1806 when Franz II dissolved the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
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 Titus
Titus was the Roman Emperor from 79-81, the elder son of Vespasian and in spite of his short reign was one of the most popular of the emperors.
In the short reign of two years Titus won the title of "the Friend and the Delight of Mankind." He was unwearied in acts of benevolence and in bestowal of favors.
As a Roman general Titus hoped, by destroying the temple in Jerusalem in AD 70, to put an end to both Judaism and Christianity on the theory that if you cut the root, the plant will soon wither.
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 BBC - History - Titus (AD 39-81; Roman emperor AD 79-81)
Titus was the tenth Roman emperor, in succession to his father Vespasian (both men in fact shared the same name, Titus Flavius Vespasianus).
Unlike his father and younger brother Domitian, Titus grew up with grand ideas, since he had been brought up in the court of Claudius as a companion of the emperor's son Britannicus.
When Nero died (68), Titus was deputed to convey Vespasian's congratulations to the new emperor Galba, but thought better of it, and turned back to help his father prepare his bid for power.
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 Bible Study - Emperor Titus
The commander of the Roman forces that committed the devastation was Titus, who later became the Roman emperor in 79 A.D. His likeness is shown on the Roman coin in the photograph.
Titus was born on December 30, 39 A.D. in Rome, a child of Vespasian, who was Roman emperor from 69-79 A.D. (see New Testament Roman Emperors).
Titus did not remarry, and he had only one known child, a daughter, Julia, who is said to have died of an abortion in her early twenties.
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 Titus, Roman emperor
Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus), A.D., Roman emperor (A.D. Son of Emperor Vespasian, Titus was closely associated with his father in military campaigns, and after A.D. 71 he acted as coruler with the emperor.
On both occasions Titus was active in lending aid to the distressed.
Although Titus was not friendly with his brother and successor,
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Titus
The next year Titus celebrated his victory by a triumph; to increase the fame of the Flavian dynasty the inscription on the triumphal arch represented the overthrow of the helpless people as an heroic achievement.
As ruler Titus was by no means popular; he shared in the voluptuousness of the Rome of that era, and was responsible for the acts of violence which occurred during the administration of his father.
His noble benevolence was exhibited in the saying that the day was lost in which he had done no one a kindness; he gained the honourable title of "amor et deliciæ generis humani" (the darling and admiration of the human race).
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 Titus Flavius - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus (born December 30, AD 39, died September 13, 81; ruled 79-81).
Titus was emperor during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the consequent destruction of life and property in the cities and resort communities around the Bay of Naples.
The Triumphal Arch of Titus, which stands at one entrance to the Roman Forum, memorializes the Triumph he was awarded for his defeat of the Jewish Rebellion (AD 66-70) and sack of Jerusalem in AD 70.
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 Titus, Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
A.D. Son of Emperor Vespasian, Titus was closely associated with his father in military campaigns, and after
Although Titus was not friendly with his brother and successor, Domitian, there is no reason to believe the rumor that it was Domitian who arranged his death.
The Arch of Titus, now restored and standing outside the ancient entrance to the Palatine, was erected by Domitian to commemorate Titus’ conquest of Jerusalem.
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 TITUS; Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Julie Taymor, William Shakespeare
Titus is offered the title of Roman emperor, but he eagerly surrenders it to Saturninus (Alan Cumming).
Titus, however, feels dishonored that his children would defy his command for her to marry.
This could be seen as an attempt to use Shakespeare’s Titus as a commentary to the degradation in contemporary culture, or perhaps to illustrate the immortality of the bard’s genius.
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 Titus - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Titus Flavius Vespasianus (December 30, AD 39 - September 13, 81) ruled the Roman Empire from 79 to 81.
In 64 he returned to Rome and married Arrecina Tertulla, who died, and then Marcia Furnilla, whom he was forced to divorce.
Titus accompanied Vespasian to the east in 66 to put down the Jewish Rebellion.
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 Titus --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Following the emperor Nero's death in June 68, Titus was energetic in promoting his father's candidacy for the imperial crown.
His name was Titus Pomponius, that of Atticus being given him later from his long residence in Athens (88–65 BC) and his intimate acquaintance with Greek literature and language; he assumed the name of Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus when his...
He was pardoned by Emperor Vespasian and became a partisan of Rome, serving under Titus in the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70.
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 AllRefer.com - Vespasian (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He recognized Otho and then Vitellius, but when he himself was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers in Judaea and Alexandria, he set out to make good his claim.
His son Titus, whom he had left to prosecute the Jewish war, destroyed Jerusalem and returned to Rome to enjoy the triumph with his father.
He was succeeded by his son Titus; his other son, Domitian, later succeeded Titus.
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 Roman Emperor Titus - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Roman Emperor Titus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Relief sculptures on the arch depict the sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans led by Titus in
Eldest son of Vespasian, he captured Jerusalem in 70 to end the Jewish revolt in Roman Palestine.
He completed the Colosseum, and helped to mitigate the suffering from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
August 24 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
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 Apollonius.Net - Chronological Apollonius Graphics, Page 2
Emperor Septimius Severus, Empress Julia Domna Severus and
Roman Emperor Constantine I, Ruled 306-337 CE Emperor Constantine I, with Bishop Eusebius at his side, convened the infamous Council of Nicaea in Bithynia in 325 to establish the Catholic Church and first assemble together the traditional chapters of the New Testament.
He lived in Burgus/Burdigala, Gaul (modern Bordeaux, France) and was the friend of Apollinaris Sidonius (St. Sidoine) who was married to the daughter of the Roman Emperor Avitus.
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 Bible Study - Emperor Titus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although of relatively modest station in Roman society, their situation steadily advanced during the reign of emperor Claudius.
When Vespasian became emperor on July 1, 69 A.D., Titus replaced his father as commander of all Roman forces in the Jewish War.
Titus succeeded his father as emperor on June 24, 79 A.D. Although many at first feared that he would turn out to be another Nero, he became generally regarded as a relatively good man, at least as far as Roman emperors were concerned.
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 Gallery One Roman Issues. Arthur E. Noot Numismatics
TITUS, Roman Emperor 79-81 A.D. Son of Vespasian, brother of Domitian.
Roman contacts with the coins of the Greeks in Italy, according to Sutherland, led to the adoption of Greek methods of striking coins - as opposed to casting.
Over time, Roman techniques created many improvements including administrative elaboration to the point where a coin of the Roman State bore a visible indication of the mint which produced it and the responsible sub-section of that mint.
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