His brother Domitian, however, returned Rome to tyranny and fear. Vespasian’s eldest son, Titus, was already a successful politician and general before his father became emperor. He had seen ...
Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...
Finally, he wasted no time establishing his dynasty, insisting that his two sons – Titus and Domitian ... he joked, mocking the Roman tendency to turn dead emperors into gods, "I think ...
The Roman response was quick and severe. Emperor Nero sent Vespasian, a skilful general, to quash the uprising, and following Nero's death in 68 CE, his son Titus was put in charge. By 70 CE ...
Ah well, when in Rome ... Titus Andronicus (Anthony Hopkins ... Titus selects the loathsome Saturninus (Alan Cumming in Cabaret mode) as emperor. When his daughter Lavinia, unwillingly betrothed ...
The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was ...
One of the world's most notable feats of architecture is the Colosseum in Rome. Opened in 80 CE by Emperor Titus, this massive structure existed solely to entertain the masses with gladiator ...
Around 1480 a few excavators began digging on the Oppian Hill and found what they thought were the ruins of the Baths of Titus ... few structures in Rome that bear the emperor’s name.
Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the first-century Arch of Titus, commemorating the emperor’s sacking of Jerusalem ...