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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 Flavius Vespasianus (December 30, AD 39 - September 13, 81) ruled the Roman Empire from 79 to 81.
Titus accompanied Vespasian to the east in 66 to put down the Jewish Rebellion.
Titus succeeded his father in 79, although some Senators were opposed to his relationship with Berenice, whom they compared to a new Cleopatra.
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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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Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as just Titus, (December 30, AD 39 - September 13, 81) ruled the Roman Empire from 79 to 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 (66-70) and sack of Jerusalem in 70.
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 Titus Flavius Sulpicianus
Titus Flavius Sulpicianus (second half second century): Roman senator, candidate to the imperial throne in 193.
Titus Flavius Sulpicianus (or Titus Claudius Sulpicianus) was probably born in Hierapatna, a town on the island of Crete.
His father-in-law Titus Flavius Sulpicianus was made prefect of the city ("mayor"), which meant that he was responsible for the armed forces in Rome.
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 Vespasian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was founder of the Flavian dynasty and ascended the throne in the end of the Year of the four emperors.
His father, Titus Flavius Sabinus, was an equestrian who worked as a customs official in Asia and a money-lender on a small scale in Aventicum, where Vespasian lived for some time; his mother, Vespasia Polla, was the sister of a Senator.
Some of the philosophers who talked idly of the good old times of the Republic, and thus indirectly encouraged conspiracy, provoked him into reviving the obsolete penal laws against this profession, but only one, Helvidius Priscus, was put to death, and he had affronted the Emperor by studied insults.
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 Titus
Public opinion was outraged, and Titus, though he had promised Berenice marriage, felt obliged to send her back to the East.
The forebodings of the people were agreeably disappointed, for Titus put an end to prosecutions for high treason, and the delatores (informers) were scourged and expelled from the city.
Titus died on the I3th of September 81.
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 IMPERIUM - Character
Titus Flavius (more properly Vespasian, but that name is often reserved for his uncle) is the 34-year old Commander of the XI Legio Sabini (the Sabine Legion) and the Conqueror of Britannia.
In 55, when his father retired from public duty, Titus Flavius took command of the Sabine Legion and was sent to Palestine to quell rebellions in the area.
Following his successes in Palestine, Titus Flavius was granted command of the imperial forces in Britannia, taking over from the Emperor Domitius himself.
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 Titus - Portrait Gallery of Roman Emperors on Coins
Titus fathered a daughter, Julia Titi, but it is not clear whether she belonged to his first or second marriage.
Titus subdued 5 rebel strongholds during the revolt and he became known as a strong and daring commander.
Titus was portrayed during these years as a capable and diligent administrator who attended senate meetings, requested advice, and generally mixed well with everyone.
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 Vespasian And Titus -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
His father Flavius Sabinus was a tax collector and money-lender on a small scale; his mother Vespasia Polla was the sister of a senator.
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,
Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem (Galatians 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the ''Acts of the Apostles''.
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 JewishEncyclopedia.com - FLAVIA DOMITILLA:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Even Titus Flavius Sabinus, Vespasian's elder brother, led during his last years a life that may be called Jewish or Christian.
One of his four children, Titus Flavius Clemens, later consul and martyr, married Flavia Domitilla, who was a granddaughter of his uncle, the emperor Vespasian, and therefore a cousin of Titus and Domitian.
An eminent senator, a son of Titus' sister, and hence Domitian's nephew, is said to have adopted Judaism; even traces of the name "Clemens" are visible in the account (Giṭ.
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 Titus Flavius Vespasianus Biography / Biography of Titus Flavius Vespasianus Biography Biography
The Roman general and emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39-81) was responsible for the conquest of Jerusalem in 70, thus ending the Jewish revolt against Rome.
Titus was the son of Vespasian, a rising official in the imperial service, and his wife, Domitilla.
Titus was handsome, talented, and athletically skilled, and he enjoyed a favored position in the court of the emperor Claudius I (41-54).
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 Domitian
Titus Flavius Vespasianus ("Vespasian") survived the civil wars of 68-69 AD as undisputed ruler of the Roman world.
Titus played a major role in the elevation and reign of his father.
Titus, in a comment on his deathbed that he had done only one thing wrong in his life, is sometimes interpreted as regretting not preventing Domitian's succession.
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 DOMITIAN - LoveToKnow Article on DOMITIAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
After the fall of Vitellius he was saluted as Caesar, or prince imperial, by the troops, obtained the city praetorship, and was entrusted with the administration of Italy till his fathers return from the East.
The death of Titus, if not hastened by foul means, was at least eagerly welcomed by his brother.
Domitians succession (on the i3th of September 81) was unquestioned, and it would seem that he had intended, so far as his weak volition and mean abilities would allow, to govern well.
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Titus appears to have erected a palace for himself adjoining; for the Laocoon, which is mentioned by Pliny as standing in this palace, was found in the neighbouring ruins.
It consumed a large portion of the city, and among the public buildings destroyed were the temples of Serapis and Isis, that of Neptune, the baths of Agrippa, the Septa, the theatres of Balbus and Pompey, the buildings and library of Augustus on the Palatine, and the temple of Jupiter in the Capitol.
The love of this emperor and his son Titus for the rural retirement of their paternal acres in the Sabine country, forms a striking contrast to the vicious attachment of such tyrants as Tiberius and Caligula for the luxurious scenes of Baiae, or the libidinous orgies of Capri.
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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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 AllRefer.com - Titus, Roman emperor (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
On both occasions Titus was active in lending aid to the distressed.
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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 VESPASIAN - LoveToKnow Article on VESPASIAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
After having served with the army in Thrace and been quaestor in Crete ahd Cyrene, Vespasian rose to be aedile and praetor, having meanwhile married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of a Roman knight, by whom he had two sons, Titus and Domitian, afterwards emperors.
Having already served in Germany, in the years 43 and 44, in the reign of Claudius, he distinguished himself in command of the 2nd legion in Britain under Aulus Plautius.
Some of the philosophers who talked idly of the good old times of the republic, and thus indirectly encouraged conspiracy, provoked him into reviving the obsolete penal laws against this class, but only one, Helvidius Priscus, was put to death, and he had affronted the emperor by studied insults.
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Titus Flavius's famous "confiscate money from the rebels" plan may have been extolled back in Rome, but it was actually a disaster for the local magistrates, bureaucrats, and client rulers who had to deal with the long-term effects.
Titus Flavius's legions were quite indiscriminate in their definition of "rebel sympathizers" and ended up alienating many powerful people who were previously just neutral to Rome.
Titus Flavius was the first major Roman guest to appear in months, the Severas's had pulled out all the stops, and wine was flowing freely.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Vespasian
Vespasian was born at Falacrina near Sabine Reate on 17 November, A.D. 9, the son of T. Flavius Sabinus, a successful tax collector and banker, and Vespasia Polla.
Daughter of a treasury clerk and former mistress of an African knight, Flavia lacked the social standing and family connections that the politically ambitious usually sought through marriage.
Alienus Caecina were condemned by Titus for conspiracy, the former committing suicide, the latter executed in A.D. As Suetonius claims, however, in financial matters Vespasian always put revenues to the best possible advantage, regardless of their source.
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 The Baldwin Project: Famous Men of Rome by John H. Haaren & A. B. Poland
As soon as he [230] was declared emperor he returned to Italy and left his son Titus Flavius, called in history simply Titus, to carry on the war against the Jews.
Titus captured Jerusalem after a siege of six months, and his soldiers took possession of all the valuable things they could find.
It was in the reign of Titus that the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, in the south of Italy, were destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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 TITUS FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS AUGUSTUS
Titus, who had the same cognomen with his father, was the darling and delight of mankind; so much did the natural genius, address, or good fortune he possessed tend to conciliate the favour of all.
The senate assembled in haste, before they could be summoned by proclamation, and locking the doors of their house at first, but afterwards opening them, gave him such thanks, and heaped upon him such praises, now he was dead, as they never had done whilst he was alive and present amongst them.
TITUS FLAVIUS VESPASIAN, the younger, was the first prince who succeeded to the empire by hereditary right; and having constantly acted, after his return from Judaea, as colleague with his father in the administration, he seemed to be as well qualified by experience as he was by abilities, for conducting the affairs of the empire.
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 Flavius Josephus
Not only was Joseph released, he was also rewarded with the Roman citizenship, with the Roman name Titus Flavius Josephus, with an Egyptian wife, and with a role as advisor of the new crown prince Titus, who was to end the war.
Flavius Josephus' kindness towards his Roman benefactors does not mean that he is negative about the Jews.
Not only is Flavius Josephus the only first century non-Christian writer mentioning Jesus' life, teachings and death independently of the of the gospels, but he also suggests that Jesus was innocent.
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 Roman Emperor List
Flavius Julius Constantius / Imperator Caesar Flavius Julius Constantinus Augustus
Flavius Julius Constans / Imperator Caesar Flavius Julius Constans Augustus
Flavius Julius Valens / Imperator Caesar Flavius Julius Valens Augustus
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 Titus on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Son of Emperor Vespasian, Titus was closely associated with his father in military campaigns, and after AD 71 he acted as coruler with the emperor.
Titus Interactive Reports Fiscal Year Results; Spectacular Growth of Revenues and Net Income.
Warren Titus trains his weathered spyglass fore and aft.
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 Calpurnius Siculus, Titus --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It is unlikely that either Titus Tatius or Romulus was a historical personage.
According to the legend, the conflict between the Romans and the Sabines began when Romulus invited the Sabines to a festival and abducted their women.
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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