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- He left his son with the brief to end the Jewish rebellion. Taking advantage of a civil war in Jerusalem, Titus and his army, who had been joined by reinforcements, then encircled the city. One particular Jewish incursion almost ended with the capture of Titus and, after a peace deal failed, the Romans breached the first two city walls.
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Sep 9, 2024 · Immediately on being proclaimed emperor in 69, Vespasian gave Titus charge of the Jewish war, and a large-scale campaign in 70 culminated in the capture and destruction of Jerusalem in September. (The Arch of Titus [81], still standing at the entrance to the Roman Forum, commemorated his victory.)
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- Titus was the Roman emperor from 79 to 81 CE. He is also known for being the conqueror of Jerusalem.
- Titus commanded a Roman legion in Judaea. In 70 CE he led a campaign that culminated in the capture and destruction of Jerusalem. Titus became the...
- Titus’s father was the Roman emperor Vespasian. After Titus died in 81 CE, his brother Domitian became emperor. Titus married twice, but his first...
Titus's great-grandfather, Titus Flavius Petro, had served as a centurion under Pompey during Caesar's Civil War. His military career ended in disgrace when he fled the battlefield at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC.
- Caligula’s Discontent
- In-Fighting Within The City
- The Fall of Jerusalem: Titus’ Army vs Jewish Defenses
- Aftermath in The Sacred City
Caligulastoked the flames of discontent as well. He demanded that a statue of himself be placed for worship in the Temple at Jerusalem. Publius Petronius, the Roman governor of Syria, traveled to Jerusalem to quell the unrest. He asked the Jews if they were willing to go to war with Caligula over the matter. “The Jews replied that they offered sacr...
The Romans did not launch another major offensive against Jerusalem for four years. Meanwhile, the city seethed with turmoil. The Romans were willing to watch the factions under various warlords fight among themselves. Rome gave the job of suppressing the Jewish revolt to 58-year-old Vespasian. His family belonged to the equites, the second of the ...
Waiting for the Romans in Jerusalem were 23,400 troops: 15,000 under Simon, 6,000 under John, and 2,400 under Eleazar. The Jews possessed “fortitude of soul that could surmount faction, famine, war and such a host of calamities,” wrote Josephus. Jerusalem was divided into three parts: the 100-acre upper and lower cities in the south, the 150-acre n...
Whatever sympathy Titus may have once had for the Jews, whatever respect or awe he may have once given the Temple, and whatever worries he may have once given to the notion of Rome acting too harshly toward the rebellion disappeared altogether. He ordered a victorious sacrifice near the eastern gate of the Temple. One of the animals burned there, w...
In April 70 ce, about the time of Passover, the Roman general Titus besieged Jerusalem. Since that action coincided with Passover, the Romans allowed pilgrims to enter the city but refused to let them leave—thus strategically depleting food and water supplies within Jerusalem.
The Roman general and emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39-81) was responsible for the conquest of Jerusalem in 70, thus ending the Jewish revolt against Rome. During the lifetime of Titus, the Roman Empire underwent its first major constitutional crisis in 100 years.
Titus enjoyed a successful military career and in 67 AD went with his father to suppress the Jewish Revolt. In 69 AD, Vespasian returned to Rome to assert his claim for the imperial throne...
