Official Name: IMPERATOR TITUS CAESAR VESPASIANUS AUGUSTUS
Birthdate: December 30, 39 CE
(Cassius Dio, Roman History, 66.17)
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
(Suetonius, Life of Titus, 1)
Reign: Named emperor in the will of his father and predecessor, Vespasian, who died on June 24, 79 CE.
(Cassius Dio, Roman History, 66.18)
Marriages:
Arrecina Tertulla
(Suetonius, Life of Titus, 4)
Marcia Furnilla
(Suetonius, Life of Titus, 4)
Children:
Julia Flavia (daughter by Marcia Furnilla)
(Suetonius, Life of Titus, 4)
Death:
Titus died on September 13, 81 CE. Most sources agree that Titus died of natural causes, but some suggest that his brother, Domitian, played a role in his death.
(Suetonius, Life of Titus, 10-11) (Cassius Dio, Roman History, 66.26)
Bust of Titus, Musei Capitolini, Rome, November 2018.
Portrait of Titus, NY Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen, October 2019.
Statue of Titus, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City, April 2017.
70
(Josephus, The War of the Jews, 6.6)
79
(Suetonius, Life of Titus, 8)
80
(Cassius Dio, Roman History, 66.25)
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