Titus
Titus (Titus Flavius Vespasianus),Roman emperor, AD 79–81. Born on 30 December 39, he was the elder son of Vespasian and was brought up at court along with Britannicus, Claudius' son. He had considerable physical and intellectual gifts, especially in music and singing, so that at one stage some viewed him as potentially a second Nero. He married Arrecina Tertulla, daughter of the praetorian prefect of Gaius (Caligula); and she bore him a daughter, Julia. After her death he married Marcia Furnilla, whom he later divorced. He spent his early career as a military tribune in Germany and Britain, and it was probably in Lower Germany that he established his friendship with Pliny the Elder, who subsequently dedicated the Natural History to him. Although only of quaestorian rank, he joined his father in 67 in his mission to suppress the Jewish...
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