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handwriting so skilfully that he used to say that he might have been a most successful forger. He was handsome and commanding, and had a vigorous See also:

FRAME

frame, well trained in all the exercises of a soldier. As a See also:

young See also:

man he served with See also:

CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit in See also:

Germany and in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain. Soon he had the command of a See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion, and joined his See also:

FATHER

father in See also:

SYRIA

Syria, where he took an active See also:

PART

part in the Jewish See also:

War. In 68 he was sent by his father to congratulate the newly proclaimed emperor, See also:

GALBA, SERVIUS SULPICIUS

Galba; but, See also:

HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing of Galba's See also:

DEATH

death and of the See also:

general confusion in the Roman See also:

WORLD

world, he returned to See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine, having in the mean-See also:

time consulted the See also:

ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle of the Paphian See also:

VENUS

Venus and received a favourable See also:

ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer. In the following See also:

YEAR

year Vespasian, having been proclaimed emperor, returned to See also:

Italy, and See also:

LEFT

left Titus to carry on the See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

Jerusalem, which was captured on the 8th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 70. On his return to See also:

Rome, Titus and his father celebrated a magnificent See also:

TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph, which has been immortalized by the so-called See also:

Arch of Titus. He was now formally associated with his father in the See also:

government, with the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

Caesar, and during the nine remaining years of Vespasian's reign he was in fact emperor. He was anything but popular; he had the See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of being profligate and cruel.

His connexion with See also:

Berenice, the See also:

SISTER

sister of the See also:

Agrippa of the Acts of the Apostles, also created a See also:

SCANDAL

scandal; both See also:

BROTHER

brother and sister followed Titus to Rome, and were allowed to reside in the imperial See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace. Public See also:

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion was outraged, and Titus, though he had promised Berenice See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage, See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt obliged to send her back to the See also:

East. Vespasian died in 79, leaving his son a safe See also:

THRONE

throne and a well-filled See also:

TREASURY

treasury. The forebodings of the See also:

PEOPLE

people were agreeably disappointed, for Titus put an end to prosecutions for high See also:

TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, and the delatores (informers) were scourged and expelled from the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. He assumed the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

PONTIFEX

pontifex See also:

maximus, in See also:

order that he might keep his hands See also:

FREE

free from See also:

BLOOD

blood. He forgave his brother See also:

DOMITIAN (Thus FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS)

Domitian, who more than once plotted against his See also:

LIFE

life, and having let a See also:

day pass without bestowing a See also:

PRESENT

present, he exclaimed, " I have lost a day." Titus, like his father, spent See also:

MONEY

money in adding to the magnificence of Rome. The See also:

FLAVIAN (d. 449)

Flavian See also:

AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre (later called the Colosseum) was completed and dedicated in his reign, with combats of See also:

GLADIATORS (from Lat. gladius, sword)

gladiators, shows of See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild beasts, and representations of some of the See also:

GREAT

great Greek See also:

NAVAL

naval battles. He gave the city splendid See also:

BATHS

baths, which surpassed those of Agrippa and of See also:

NERO (37-68)

Nero, and supplied the See also:

mob with every See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of luxury. During his reign, in 79, occurred the eruption of See also:

VESUVIUS (also Vesevus in ancient poets)

Vesuvius which destroyed See also:

HERCULANEUM

Herculaneum and See also:

POMPEII

Pompeii. The emperor visited the scenes and contributed liberally to the See also:

RELIEF

relief of the distressed inhabitants. During his See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire raged for three days at Rome, in which the new See also:

temple of See also:

JUPITER

Jupiter Capitolinus, the library of See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, and other public buildings were burnt; then followed a pestilence, and Titus again assisted freely with his See also:

PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse. Italy and the Roman world were peaceful during his reign.

The only fighting was in Britain under See also:

Agricola, who in the year 8o carried the Roman arms as far as the See also:

Tay. Titus died on the 13th of September 81. The See also:

VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict of See also:

HISTORY

history is favourable to him, but the general feeling throughout the Roman world was that he had been fortunate in the briefness of his reign. See Suetonius, Titus: Dio See also:

Cassius lxvi. 18-26; C. See also:

BEALE, DOROTHEA (1831-1906)

Beale, Titus et sa dynastie (187o) ; L. See also:

Double, L'Empereur Titus (1877) ; See also:

Merivale, Hist. of the See also:

Romans under the See also:

EMPIRE

Empire (ch. 6o) ; H. See also:

SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller, Geschichte der romischen Kaiserzeit, i. pt. 2.

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