Titus

Titus Flavius Vespasianus was born 30 December 39 AD, son of the general who would seize the throne during the Year of the Four Emperors. In 69 AD, when Vespasian was declared emperor, Titus stayed behind in Judaea to finish the war: the following year he besieged Jerusalem, leveled the city, and destroyed the Second Temple. He returned to Rome a victor, served as prefect of the Praetorian Guard, and scandalized society with his affair with Berenice, a Jewish queen. When his father died on 23 June 79 AD, Titus became the first Roman emperor to inherit power from his biological father. His reig…