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Titus was born in Rome, probably on 30 December 39 AD, as the eldest son of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian, and Domitilla the Elder. [2] He had one younger sister, Domitilla the Younger (born 45), and one younger brother, Titus Flavius Domitianus (born 51), commonly referred to as Domitian.
The Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Tītī) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, [1] located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum.
The Temple of Vespasian and Titus (Latin: Templum divi Vespasiani, [1] Italian: Tempio di Vespasiano) is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn. It is dedicated to the deified Vespasian and his son, the deified Titus.
The Baths of Titus or Thermae Titi were public baths built in 81 AD at Rome, by Roman emperor Titus. [1] The baths sat at the base of the Esquiline Hill , an area of parkland and luxury estates which had been taken over by Nero (AD 54–68) for his Golden House or Domus Aurea .
Titus reportedly refused to accept a wreath of victory, and instead "disclaimed any such honor to himself, saying that it was not himself that had accomplished this exploit, but that he had merely lent his arms to God." [65] Upon his return to Rome in 71, Titus was awarded a triumph. [66]
By the time the amphitheatre was completed, Titus's short reign had already endured a series of disasters: two months after he had succeeded Vespasian, Mount Vesuvius had erupted, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Oplontis; a fire had burned in the city of Rome for three days and three nights causing substantial damage and destroying the Temple of Jupiter that had recently been ...
Titus returned to Rome, where he and his father celebrated a triumph in 71. Meanwhile, Legion X Fretensis remained in Judaea to suppress the last pockets of Jewish resistance, culminating in the fall of Masada in 73 or 74 CE. The war had profound and far-reaching consequences for the Jewish people.
Titus' near six-month siege of Jerusalem ended with the destruction of Herod's Temple and the expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem. The resulting period is known as the Jewish diaspora (roughly from 70 till 1948). Titus had a love affair with the Jewish queen Berenice, whom he brought briefly to Rome.