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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.
Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, Flamininus Granting Liberty to Greece at the Isthmian Games, 1780, drawing Titus Quinctius Flamininus offers the liberty to the Greeks by Giuseppe Sciuti (ca. 1879). Titus Quinctius Flamininus (229 – 174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece. [1]
Drawing of Aelian made in 1610 Marcus Actorius Naso - writer who possibly wrote a lost biography of Julius Caesar. [44] [45] Postumus Aebutius Helva Cornicen - consul [46] [47] [48] Titus Aebutius Helva - general, magister equitum, and consul in 499 [49] [50] Lucius Aebutius Helva - consul in 463 BCE [51] [52]
Flavius Josephus fully defected to the Roman side and was granted Roman citizenship. He became an advisor and close associate of Vespasian's son Titus, serving as his translator during Titus's protracted siege of Jerusalem in AD 70, which resulted in the near-total razing of the city and the destruction of the Second Temple.
Titus is the patron saint of the United States Army Chaplain Corps. The Corps has established the Order of Titus Award, described by the Department of Defense: Order of Titus award is the only award presented by the Chief of Chaplains to recognize outstanding performance of ministry by chaplains and chaplain assistants.
Roman generals were general officers of the Roman army, the principle ground force of Ancient Rome. They commanded the army during the numerous military conflicts Rome was involved in during the period of classical antiquity .
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus (513 BC – after 423 BC) was a Roman statesman and general who served as consul six times. Titus Quinctius was a member of the gens Quinctia, one of the oldest patrician families in Rome. He was the son of Lucius Quinctius and grandson of Lucius Quinctius.
The clan's first consul was Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, elected in 471 BC. [6] As both Titus and Lucius were recorded as the son and grandson of men named Lucius Quinctius, Titus is sometimes thought to have been Lucius's brother. This suggests Lucius was the first of his cognomen Cincinnatus, meaning "the curly haired". [7]