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Encyclopedia > Titus Flavius Sabinus I

See also Titus Flavius Sabinus for other men of this name. Titus Flavius Sabinus was the name of three notable Ancient Romans, father, son and grandson. ...


Titus Flavius Sabinus, son of Titus Flavius Petro, was an Equestrian from Reate in the Sabine region of Italy. He served as a customs official in the province of Asia, where he was honoured with statues dedicated "To an Honest Tax-gatherer", and later as a banker among the Helvetii in Gaul, where he died. With his wife, Vespasia Pollio, he had two sons, Titus Flavius Sabinus II and the future emperor Vespasian, and a daughter who died in infancy. Titus Flavius Petro was the paternal grandfather of the Roman Emperor Vespasian. ... An Equestrian (Latin eques, plural equites) was a member of one of the two upper social classes in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. ... The city of Reate is believed to be established in approximately 9th century BC by the Sabini. ... Sabina, the region in the Sabine Hills of Latium named for the Sabines, is the ancient territory that is today mainly identified with the Province of Rieti, in Lazio, although it includes parts of southern Umbria (area of Cascia, Amelia, Narni, Accumoli and Norcia) and Abruzzo (Aterno Valley). ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... Roman conquest of Asia minor The Roman province of Asia was the administrative unit added to the late Republic, a Senatorial province governed by a proconsul who was an ex-consul, an honor granted only to Asia and the other rich province of Africa. ... A map of Gaul showing the northern Alpine position of the Helvetii. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Vespasia Polla (also known as Pollio) was the mother of the Roman Emperor Vespasian, grandmother to Emperors to Titus and Domitian. ... Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (November 17, 9–June 23, 79), known originally as Titus Flavius Vespasianus and usually referred to in English as Vespasian, was emperor of Rome from 69 to 79. ...


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Titus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (926 words)
Titus was a successful general, who crushed the Jewish Rebellion in 70, and a good emperor, whose most remarkable actions are the public building program in Rome and the relief of the suffering caused by two accidents, the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 and the fire of Rome of 80.
Titus was born in Rome as the elder son of the later Emperor Vespasian and Domitilla the Elder.
Titus was emperor during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 and the consequent destruction of life and property in the cities and resort communities around the Bay of Naples, such as Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Titus - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (816 words)
Titus Flavius Vespasianus (December 30, 39–September 13, 81) ruled the Roman Empire from 79 to 81.
Titus was born in Rome as the elder son of the emperor Vespasian and Domitilla the Elder.
Titus accompanied Vespasian to the east in 67 to put down the Jewish Rebellion, in which he served as commander of the fifteenth legion "Apollinaris".
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