Life of Emperor Titus #10 - The Good Emperor, Roman History Documentary Series

the Roman state had been ruled by Emperor's for over a hundred years despite that Titus was the first succeed his father on the post they did so with bravado his short reign is best remembered for the opening of the Flavian amphitheater in Rome and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which led to the devastation of the Bay of Naples Titus was born in thirty-nine during the reign of Caligula and when his father his patient was sent to Britain Titus was brought to the imperial court of the Emperor Claudius where he would get court education and during his time at court he would also become killed from the Claudius his own son Britannicus Texas was even present when young Britannicus was poisoned a death arranged by Claudius his scheming wife Agrippa now secured her own son Nero's ascendance to the throne and it is said that Titus even drank from the same Cup as Britannicus out of sympathy and he would become violently sick for some time but he survived when Titus had finished his education he served as a military Tribune in Germany in 57 to 59 he also served in Britain in 68 probably arrived with the reinforcements of the boudicca's revolt and it turned out that Titus the natural aptitude in the art of war the fortune for him and his family really turned when his father of the station was appointed to put down the rebellion in Judea in 67 and Titus was put in command of one of the legions to take part in the campaign and the station executed his appointment very effectively however the campaign came to an abrupt halt when you arrived from Rome the Emperor Nero was dead and almost immediately afterwards the governor of Hispanic tarraconensis Galba was proclaimed the new emperor of Rome Titus was dispatched to Rome to greet and congratulate the new emperor but the for Titus could reach Italy he learned that Galba had been assassinated but petroleum guard and that autumn was the new emperor of Rome and Vitellius was already marching on Rome intent on overthrowing although to avoid the risk of getting involved or by taking hostage but either side Titus sailed back to Judea and rejoined his father and upon his return to Judea after had been defeated by with Elias and committed suicide and when that news reached armies of Egypt in Judea they quickly proclaimed the station mr. Emperor was instead of Italian and this patient accepted this nomination and he left command on the campaigning GD of Titus while he sailed for Alexandria to secure the grain supply and getting a stranglehold over Italy in Rome the telus was soon defeated by the Danube legions who had declared for the station and so the station was proclaimed as new emperor by December in 69 by the Senate in Rome meanwhile detentions Judea were still very high the most fortified city Jerusalem was still in the hands of the rebels city had split into different factions all vying for control to crush the revolt times realized he had the capital city on the 14th of April near 17 the siege of Jerusalem began after almost five months into the sea Jerusalem finally fell in September eighth of the year 17 the casualties of the siege had been enormous Hugh Cephas who was present at the siege claimed that 1 million people died during the fighting in the streets and the subsequent sacking of the city the number is ridiculously huge and it's been dismissed by modern scholars it's estimated the whole province of Judea number 1 1 million inhabitants during this time but the devastation to the city was enormous neuron 100,000 people were enslaved and the temple or set ablaze enlarged parts of the city burnt down only part of the support structure of the temple survived to this day but today it's called the Wailing Wall while the sack of userland didn't see the end of the rebellion to major threat to the province had been crushed so titus delegated to the final subjugation of the province to his subordinates while he planned to go back from the titus was unable to sail during the winter so he stayed in the east celebrating games at Caesarea and traveling to Sigma on the Euphrates where he met with the king of parthia who presented Titus with a crown [Music] while on his way to Alexandria to sail back to Rome he stopped by in Memphis to consecrate the abyss bull the ceremony required Titus to wear diadem assembled the Romans associated with monarchy and rumors went about the Legion that he would rebel against his father to explain any suspicions about his combat Titus quickly returned to Rome in the year 71 an opponent's arrival he was awarded the triumph and he rode into the city accompanied by his father and his brother the mission in all this points of war taken from your Salam it was enthusiastically saluted by the people of Rome and a great triumphal arch was constructed in honor of Titus campaign in Judea on one end called a Roman Forum it can still be seen today although in a heavily renovated state as the son of the emperor Titus and his brother were granted extraordinary powers but I said they were both granted tribulation powers along with the Father in Titus would often appear in Senate on Vespasian's behalf both Titus and Domitian were granted the title of Caesar what had been abundantly clear to the station learning for previous emperors was the need to keep the Praetorian Guard loyal as long as the guard was loyal it was very hard for a conspiracy to succeed he appointed Titus to Praetorian prefect to ensure their loyalty and Titus served his father loyally being a sort of a strong man behind the throne and in his capacity as prefect of the guard he achieved considerable notoriety for his violent actions such as ordering executions on the spot for suspected traitors but it's clear that Vespasian trusted the Titus for he held the consulship no less than seven times during his father's 10-year reign during his time in Judea Titus had begun a love affair with Bernice was the sister of Agrippa the second the client King in Judea Titus had brought her back to Rome he lived with her in the palace Romans were always suspicious about royalty in especially Eastern Queens the people disapproved and eventually he caved in to the pressure in his centre away his notoriety for his violent actions and his love affair with Neeson Queen made people very wary of him however when this patient died in 79 Titus was immediately declared can't prove wrong people feared he would be another Nero but against these expectations he proved to be an effective ruler and was loved by the people of Rome his first act as an emperor was the Council of trees and trials which had been on going on and off since emperor Tiberius without these trees and files the mental people could speak more freely and the network of informants and spies was reduced not a single senator was put death during Titus reign however disaster struck after four months on the throne on October 24th Mount Vesuvius erupted he devastated the cities of pompeii and herculaneum killing thousands titus handled the situation as best they could get pointed to ex-cons host organized the relief efforts and donated a large amounts of his own money to the victim and he personally went to the area twice once right after the eruption and again the following year on its second visit the SAS were struck once again a fire broke out in Rome although it was not as devastating as the Great Fire of 64 but many buildings were destroyed when people were left without homes and to make matters worse a plague broke out at the same time once again that is personally compensated to the families affected and restored the damaged buildings and during this time that is discovered that his younger brother Domitian was plotting against him however Titus refused to banish him or have him executed a mistake that might proved to be critical for Titus this patient started a massive building program in Rome the most iconic of this building was of course the Flavian amphitheater or the Colosseum they'd finally saw completion in the years 80 on the Titus the inaugural games lost it for a hundred days and were extraordinarily elaborate the auditory combat chariot races in the arena was flooded for mock naval battles animals would have been brought from all corners of the empire to be pitted against each other the Roman people had never seen anything like this this was a spectacle at a new level and on top of all that during the games wooden balls were thrown out in the audience inscribed with prices such as clothes money gold ring and slaves Titus also ordered the construction of a new public bath next to the Coliseum which was open at the same time as the amphitheater parts of Nero's colon house was probably refitted as part of the baths of titus that's his father if spacian was deified six months after his death so Titus made sure to revive the practice of the Imperial cult to further strengthen the Flavian dynasty and legitimize their claim to the throne after the closing of the inaugural games so the Coliseum tightest set out for the Saban territories but on his way he fell ill and had to rest in the farmhouse they would never recover he died of his condition the last words he uttered before passing was I am made but one mistake don't know what mistake Titus was alluding to but many have speculated that the mission had something to do with that his death and his mistake was that he didn't act when he knew the mission was plotting against him one of our sources claimed that the mission had Titus poison however the majority of our sources maintained that he died of natural causes but the Dormition left the ailing Titus for dead Titus ruled Empire only two years and he was succeeded by his younger brother in the mission hey everyone thanks for watching all the way to the end I have a question for you I really want to hear what mistake you think Titus was referring to in his lost words let me know in the comment section below and I will engage with you there and as usual sources and suggested reading up is in the description below and make sure to LIKE and subscribe to not miss the next video on the mission see you then guys

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Length: 12min 1sec (721 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 03 2020