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ad Fam.
xiii. 58. )
6. C. Titius L. F. Rufus, pretor urbanus B. C.
50. (Cic. ad Fam. xiii. 58. )
7 and 8. C. Titius STRABO and L. TITIUS
STRABO. (STRABO. )
OM
9. Q. Titius, was sent by Cnesar into Epeirus
in B. C. 48 to obtain corn for his troops. (Caes.
B. C. ii. 42. )
COIN OF Q. TITIUS.
10. L. Titius, & tribune of the soldiers in
the Alexandrine war, B. C. 48. (Hirt. B. Alex. TI'TIUS AQUILI'NUS, consul under lla-
57. )
drinn, A. D 125, with Valerius Asiaticus. (Fasti. )
1. P. Titius, tribune of the plebs, B. C. 43, TITIUS JULIANUS. (Tertius, No. 3. )
proposed the law for the creation of the triumvirs TI'TIUS PERPEʼTUUS. (PERPETUUS. )
in that year. Shortly before this he had deprived TI'TIUS PRO’CULUS. [PROCULUS. )
his colleague P. Servilius Casca of his tribunate, TI'TIUS RUFUS. [Rufus. )
because the latter Aed from Rome, fearing the TI'TIUS SABI'NUS. [Sabinus. ]
vengeance of Octavianus on account of the part he TI'TIUS SEPTIMIUS. [SEPTIMIUS. )
had taken in the assassination of Caesar. Titius TITU'RIUS SABI'NUS. (Sabinus. )
died soon after, during his year of office, thus con- M. TITU'RNIUS RUFUS, recommended by
firming the superstition, that whoever deprived a Cicero to Acilius B. C. 46 (ad Fam. xiii. 39).
colleague of his magistracy, never lived to see the TITUS FLAVIUS SABI'NUS VESPASI.
end of his own official year. (Appian, B. C. iv. 7; A'NUS, Roman emperor, A. D. 79—81, commonly
Dion Cass. xlvi. 49; Cic. ad Fam. x. 12. $ 3, x. called by his praenomen Titus, was the son of the
21. & 3. )
emperor Vespasianus and his wife Flavia Domi-
12. M. TITIus, was proscribed by the triumvirs tilla. He was born on the 30th of December,
in B. C. 43, and escaped to Sex. Pompeius in Sicily. 1. D. 40, about the time when Caius Caligula was
He married Munatia, the sister of L. Munatius murdered, in a mean house and a small chamber,
Plancus, the orator, by whom he had a son (No. which were still shown in the time of Suetonius.
13). (Dion Cass. xlviii. 30 ; Vell. Pat. ii. 83. ) From his childhood he manifested a good disposi-
13. M. TITIUS, the son of the preceding, raised tion. He was well made, and had an agreeable
a fleet on his own account during the civil wars countenance, but it was remarked tcat his belly
which followed the death of Caesar, but was taken was somewhat large. (Sueton. Titus, 3. ) Yet he
prisoner in B. C. 40 off the coast of Gallia Narbo was active, and very expert in all bodily exercises ;
nensis by Menas, the admiral of Sex. Pompeius. and he had a great aptitude for learning. He was
He was, however, spared by Sex. Pompeius, chiefly brought up in the imperial household with Britan-
for the sake of his father, who was then living with nicus, the son of Claudius, in the same way and
Pompeius in Sicily. By the peace of Misenum, with the same instructors. It is said that he was
concluded in the following year (B. C. 39) between a guest at Nero's table, when Britannicus was
Pompeius and the triumvirs, Titius returned to poisoned, and that he also tasted of the same
Italy (Dion Cass. xlviii. 30). Titius now entered deadly cup. He afterwards erected a gilded statue
the service of Antonius and served as his quaestor to the memory of Britannicus, on the Palatium.
in the campaign against the Parthians, in B. C. 36 | Titus was an accomplished musician, and a most
(Plut. Ant. 42). In the following year (B. C. 35), expert shorthand writer, an art in which the Ro-
Titius received the command of some troops from mans excelled.
L. Munatius Plancus, the governor of Syria, in order When a young man he served as tribunus mili-
to oppose Sex. Pompeius, who had fled from Sicily tum in Britain and in Germany, with great credit ;
to Asia. Pompeius was shortly after taken pri- and he afterwards applied himself to the labours of
soner and brought to Miletus, where he was mur- the forum. His first wife was Arricidia, daughter
dered by Titius, although the latter owed his life of Tertullus, a Roman eques, and once praefectus
to him. Titins, however, had probably received praetorio; and, un her death, he married Marcia
orders from Plancus or Antonius to put him to Furnilla, a woman of high rank, whom he divorced
death (POMPEIUS, p. 491, a). (Appian, B. C. v. after having a daughter by her, who was called
134, 136, 140, 142, 144 ; Dion Cass. xlix. 18 ; Julia Sabina. After having been quaestor, he had
Vell. Pat. ii. 79). This, however, was not the the command of a legion, and served under his
only act of ingratitude committed by Titius, for in father in the Jewish wars. He took the cities of
B. C. 32 he deserted Antonius, and went over to Tarichaea, Gamala, and other places.
Octavianus along with his uncle Plancus. He was When Galba was proclaimed emperor, A. D. 68,
rewarded for his treachery by being made one of Titus was sent by his father to pay his respects to
the consuls (suffecti) in B. c. 31. He served under the new emperor, and probably to ask for the pro-
Octavianus in the war against his former patron, motion to which his merits entitled him; but hear.
and, along with Suatilius Taurus, had the command ing of the death of Galba at Corinth, he returned
of the land forces. Shortly before the battle of to his father in Palestine, who was already think-
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did that
ing of the higher destiny to which he was called. / roured to win Domitian's affection, and urged him
Titus managed to reconcile Mucianus the governor not to attempt to gain by criminal means that
of Syria, and his father, and thus he contributed power which he would one day have in a legiti-
greatly to Vespasian's elevation. (MUCIANUS, mate way. During his whole reign Titus displayed
Licinius. ] Vespasian was proclaimed emperor a sincere desire for the bappiness of the people,
on the 1st of July, A. D. 69, and Titus accompanied and he did all that he could to relieve them in
him to Alexandria in Egypt. He returned to Pa- times of distress. A story is told, that one even-
lestine to prosecute the siege of Jerusalem, during ing, recollecting that he had given nothing during
which lie showed the talents of a genernl with the the day, he said, “ My friends, I have lost a day. ”
daring of a soldier. The siege of Jerusalem, one He assumed the office of Pontifex Maximus after
of the most inemorable on record, was concluded the death of his father, and with the purpose, as
by the capture of the place, on the 8th of Septem- he declared, of keeping his hands free from blood ;
ber, A. D. 70, and Titus received from the acclama- a resolution which he kept. Two patricians who
tions of his soldiers the title of Imperator. The were convicted by the senate of a conspiracy
most complete account of the siege and capture of | against him, were pardoned and treated with kind-
Jerusalem is by Josephus. He did not return to ness and confidence. He checked all prosecutions
Italy for eight months after the capture of Jerusa- for the crime of laesa majestas, which from the
lem, during which time he had an interview with time of Tiberius had been a fruitful source of false
the Parthian ambassadors at Zengma on the Eu- accusations; and he severely punished all informers.
phrates, and he paid a visit to Egypt, and assisted He also removed from about him many young
at the consecration of the buli Apis at Memphis. men, whose acquaintance had damaged his reputa-
(Sueton. Titus, c. 5. ). On his journey to Italy he tion, and he associated only with persons of good
had an interview with Apollonius of Tyana, who repute.
gave him some very good advice for a youth in his At the close of this year Titus repaired one of
elevated station.
the Roman aqueducts, and he assumed the title of
Titus triumphed at Rome with his father. He Imperator on the occasion of the successes of Agri-
also received the title of Caesar, and became the cola in Britain. This year is memorable for the
Associate of Vespasian in the government. They great eruption of Vesuvius, which desolated a large
also acted together as Censors. Titus undertook part of the adjacent country, and buried with lara
the office of Praefectus Praetorio, which bad hi- and ashes the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
therto only been discharged by Roman equites. Plinius the elder lost his life in this terrible ca-
His conduct at this time gave no good promise, tastrophe; the poet Caesius Bassus is said to have
and the people looked upon him as likely to be been burnt in his house by the lara, and Agrippa
another Nero.
He was accused of being exces- the son of Claudius Felix, once governor of Judaea,
sively addicted to the pleasures of the table, of perished with his wife. Dion Cassius (lxvi, 21,
indulging lustful passions in a scandalous way, and &c. ) has described the horrors of this terrible cala-
of putting suspected persons to death with very mity; and we have also the description of them
little ceremony. A. Caecina, a consular whom he in a letter addressed to Tacitus by the younger
had invited to supper, he ordered to be killed as Plinius. (Tacitus. ) Titus endeavoured to re-
he was leaving the room ; but this was said to be pair the ravages of this great eruption : he sent
a measure of necessary severity, for Titus had evi- two consulars with money to restore the ruined
dence of Caecina being engaged in a conspiracy. towns, and he applied to this purpose the property
His attachment to Berenice also made him un- of those who bad been destroyed, and had left no
popular. Berenice was the sister of King Agrippa next of kin. He also went himself to see the ra-
II. , and the daughter of Herodes Agrippa, some. vages which had been caused by the eruption and
times called the Great. She was first married to the earthquakes. During his absence a fire was
Herodes, king of Chalcis, her uncle, and then to burning at Rome for three days and three nights
Polemon, king of Cilicia Titus probably became A. D. 80: it destroyed the Capitol, the library of
acquainted with her when he was in Judaea, and Augustus, the theatre of Pompeins, and other
after the capture of Jerusalem she followed him public buildings, besides many houses. The em-
to Rome with her brother Agrippa, and both of peror declared that he should consider all the loss
them lodged in the emperor's residence. It was as his own, and he set about repairing it with great
said that Titus had promised to marry Berenice, activity: he took even the decorations of the im-
but as this intended union gave the Romans great perial residences, and sold them to raise money.
dissatisfaction, he sent her away from Rome after The eruption of Vesuvius was followed by a dread-
he became emperor, as Suetonius says, but in his ful pestilence, which called for fresh exertions on
father's lifetime according to Dion. The scanda- the part of the benevolent emperor.
lous story of Titus having poisoned his father at a In this year he completed the great amphi-
feast (24th June, A. D. 79) is not believed even theatre, called the Colosseum, which had been coin-
by Dion, who could believe any thing bad of a menced by his father; and also the baths called
the baths of Titus. The dedication of these two
The year A. D. 79 was the first year of the sole edifices was celebrated by spectacles which lasted
government of Titus, whose conduct proved ari one hundred days; by a naval battle in the old
agreeable surprise to those who had anticipated naumachia, and fights of gladiators : on one day
a return of the times of Nero. His brother Do- alone five thousand wild animals are said to have
mitian, it is said, was dissatisfied at Titus being been exhibited, a number which we may reason-
bole emperor, and formed the design of stirring up ably suspect to be exaggerated. He also repaired
the soldiers ; but though he made no decided at several aqueducts, and paved the road from Rome
tempt to seize the supreme power, he is accused of to Rimini (Ariminum).
having all along entertained designs against his In the year a. D. 81 Agricola was employed in
brother. Instead of punishing hin, Titus endea securing his conquests in Scotland south of the
Titus was s
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TLENPOLEMUS.
smens.
Clyde and the Forth. After presiding at some ( lay outstretched on the ground, covering nino
games, at the close of which he is said to have acres, and two vultures or snakes devoured his
wept bitterly, though the cause of his sorrow is liver. (Hygin. Lc. ; Schol. ad Pind. OL i. 97 ;
not stated, Titus went off to the country of the Hom. Od. xi. 576, &c. ) Hin gigantic tomb was
Sabines in very low spirits, owing to some bad shown in aftertimes near Panopeus (Paus. x. 4. §
He was seized with ſever at the first 4), and his fall by the arrows of Artemis and
resting-place, and being carried from thence to a Apollo was represented on the throne of Apollo at
villa, in which his father had died, he ended his Amyclae. (Paus. iii. 18. § 9, s. 11. & 1, 29. 2;
Jiſe there on the 13th of September, after a reign comp. Strab. ix. p. 422 ; Virg. Acn. vi. 595 ; Ov.
of two years and two months, and twenty days. Met. iv. 457, Epist, ex Pont. i. 2. 41. ) (LS. )
Ile was in the forty-first year of his age. There TLEPOʻLEMUS (TATTOenos. ) 1. A son of
were suspicions that he was poisoned by Domitian. Heracles by Astyoche, the daughter of Phylas
Plutarch says that his health was damaged by the (Hom. Il. ii. 658; Apollod. ii. 7. SS 6, 8; Philostr.
frequent use of the bath. There is a story that Her. ii. 14), or by Astydamein, the daughter of
Domitian came before Titus was dead, and ordered Amyntor, king of the Dolopians in Thessaly. (Pind.
him to be deserted by those about him: according Ol. vii. 41. ) Tlepolemus was king of Argos, but
to another story, he ordered him to be thrown into after slaying his uncle Licymnius, he wns obliged
a vessel full of snow, under the pretext of cooling to take to flight, and in conformity with the com-
his fever. It is reported that shortly before his mand of an oracle, settled in Rhodes, where he
death, Titus lamented that he was dying so soon, built the towns of Lindos, Ialysos and Cameiros,
and said that he had never done but one thing of and from whence he joined the Greeks in the
which he repented. Nobody knew what this one Trojan war with nine ships. (Hom. Il. ii. 653,
thing was ; but there were various conjectures. &c. ; Apollod. ii. 8. $ 2. ) At Troy he was slain
Perhaps the difficulty may be best solved by sup- by Sarpedon. (N. v. 627, &c. ; Diod. iv. 58, v. 59. )
posing that he never uttered the words, or if he His wife Philozoë instituted funeral games in
did, that he was in the delirium of his fever. commemoration of his death. (Tzetz. ad Lyc. '
Titus was succeeded by his brother Domitian. His 911. )
daughter Julia Sabina was married to Flavius Sa- 2. A Trojan, a son of Damastor, who was slain
binus, his cousin, the son of Flavius Sabinus, the by Patroclus. (Hom. Il. xvi. 416. ) (L. S. ]
brother of Vespasian.
TLEPOʻLEMUS (Tannóleuos), historical. 1.
Titus is said to have written Greek poems and An Athenian general, who brought a reinforcement
tragedies: he was very familiar with Greek. He to Pericles in the Samian war, B. C. 440. (Thuc.
also wrote many letters in his father's name during i. 117. )
Vespasian's life, and drew up edicta. (Suetonius, 2. The son of Pythophanes, one of the étaipoi,
Titus Flavius Vespasianus; Tacitus, Hist. ; Dion or body-guard of Alexander the Greah, was joined
Cassius, lxvi. ; Tillemont, Histoire des Empereurs, in the government of the Parthyaei and Hyrcanii
vol. ii. )
[G. L. ) with Amminapes, a Parthyaean, whom Alexander
had appointed satrap of those provinces. At a
later period Tlepolemus was appointed by Alex.
ander satrap of Caramania, which he retained on
the death of Alexander in B. C. 323, and also at
the fresh division of the provinces at Triparadisus
in B. c. 321. (Arrian, Anab. iii. 22, vi. 27 ; Diod.
xviii. 3, 39. )
TLEPOʻLEMUS, CORNELIUS, and HIERO,
who are called by Cicero the canes venatici of
Verres, were brothers, natives of Cibyra, whence
they fled, under the suspicion of having pillaged
TITUS, one of the two supernumerary tyrants the temple of Apollo, and betook themselves to
added by Trebellius Pollio to his list of the Thirty Verres, who was then in Asia. From that time
(see AUREOLUS). He is said to have maintained they became his dependants, and during his go-
bis pretensions to the throne for a few days during vernment of Sicily they performed for him the
the reign of Maximinus, and to have been put to service of hunting out the works of art which ap-
death by the very soldiers who had forced the peared to be worth appropriating. They were both
purple on his acceptance. There can be little artists, Tlepolemus being a painter, and Hiero a
doubt that he is the same person who is called modeller in wax. Some particulars of their mode
Tycus by Capitolinus (Maximin. duo, c. 11), and of proceeding are given by Cicero (in Verr. iii. 28,
Quartinus by Herodian. [QUARTINUS. ) (W. R. ) iv. 13).
TITYUS (TiTvós), a son of Gaea, or of Zeus Respecting another artist of this name, see
and Elara, the daughter of Orchomenus, was a
TLEN POLEMOS.
(P. S. ]
giant in Euboea, and the father of Europa. (Hom. TLENPOLEMOS (TYENTOVEMOS), is the
Od. vii. 324 ; Apollod. i. 4. $1; Schol. ad Apolo form in which the name of a maker of painted
lon. Rhod. i. 181, 761 ; Pind. Pyth. iv. 81. ) In- vases is inscribed twice on one of the Canino rases
stigated by Hera (Hygin. Fab. 55), he made an (Mus. Etrusque, No. 149), and again, in connection
assault upon Leto or Artemis, when she passed with the name of the painter Taconides, on a rase
through Panopaeus to Pytho, but was killed by the discovered by the MM. Candelori (Gerhard, Rupa
arrows of Artemis or Apollo, or, according to others, port.