Titus

Family: Roman Empire · Role: son of Vespasianus · First appears: Histories I.9-13

Life events

• Flavius Vespasianus sent Titus to offer allegiance to Servius Galba.(Histories I.9-13)
  • With: Flavius Vespasianus Galba
  • “Indeed he had sent his son Titus to carry his compliments and offer allegiance”
• Titus became the chief bond uniting Vespasian and Mucianus for the common good.(Histories II.5-9)
  • With: Vespasian Mucianus
  • “It was their friends who first brought them together, and subsequently Titus became the chief bond of union and for the common good suppressed their ignoble jealousy.”
• The Jewish army swore allegiance to Vespasian in his presence.(Histories II.78-81)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “although it was not until the third that the Jewish army took the oath in his presence.”
• Titus was assigned the Judaean war while Vespasian secured Egypt.(Histories II.82-86 · 📍 Judaea)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “It was arranged that Titus should carry on the war in Judaea, while Vespasian held the keys of Egypt.”
• The Senate made Vespasian consul with Titus as his colleague.(Histories IV.1-4 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “They decreed that Vespasian himself should be consul with Titus for his colleague”
• Vespasian handed Titus the army to complete the war against the Jews.(Histories IV.51-54)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “He accordingly handed over the flower of his army to Titus, who was to finish off the war with the Jews.”
• Titus departed to conduct the war while Vespasian undertook to manage peace at home.(Histories IV.51-54)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “It is now your duty to increase the prestige of Rome on the field: I will concern myself with peace at home.”

Histories I.9-13

• parent: Flavius Vespasianus “Indeed he had sent his son Titus to carry his compliments and offer allegiance, an incident we must reserve for its proper place.”

Histories II.5-9

• friends with Mucianus (Titus served as the bond uniting Vespasian and Mucianus.) “It was their friends who first brought them together, and subsequently Titus became the chief bond of union and for the common good suppressed their ignoble jealousy. Both by nature and training he had charm to fascinate even such a man as Mucianus.”

Histories II.74-77

• friends with Mucianus “Mucianus' feelings were not hostile to him, and were strongly sympathetic to Titus.”

Histories II.78-81

• parent: Vespasian (Titus is explicitly called Vespasian's son through the phrase 'his father'.) “So eager was their enthusiasm that they would not even wait for the arrival of Titus, who was on his way back from Syria, where he had been conducting the negotiations between his father and Mucianus.”

Histories II.82-86

• employer: Vespasian “It was arranged that Titus should carry on the war in Judaea, while Vespasian held the keys of Egypt.”

Histories IV.1-4

• with Vespasian (consular colleagues) “They decreed that Vespasian himself should be consul with Titus for his colleague”

Histories IV.51-54

• parent: Vespasian “It is said that before his departure Titus had a long talk with his father and begged him not to be rash and lose his temper at these incriminating reports, but to meet his son in a forgiving and unprejudiced spirit”
• employer: Vespasian “He accordingly handed over the flower of his army to Titus, who was to finish off the war with the Jews.”
• siblings with Domitian “Nor again are brothers likely to remain good friends unless their father sets them an example.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.