Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus
(39 - 81 AD) Rome
Emperor
Born in Rome, emperor from 79 AD, he was bisexual.
Eldest son of emperor Vespasianus, he stormed with his father Jerusalem in 70 AD to end the Jewish revolt; finished the Colosseum (80 AD), and enjoyed a peaceful reign, eccept for Agricola's campaing in Britain.
During his reign the volcan Vesuve erupted, burying Ercolano and Pompei, then a furious fire burned the main monuments in Rome.
Titus helped all the distressed people with the care of a father, so that when he died of fever, he was mourned as "amor ac deliciae generis humani " (beloved, and delight of humankind).
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