Life of Emperor Titus #10 - The Good Emperor, Roman History Documentary Series

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  • Emperor Titus was the first emperor to succeed his biological father on the imperial throne. He is considered to be one of the few good emperors. His short reign is best remembered for the opening of the Flavian Amphitheater(Colosseum) in Rome and the eruption on Mount. Vesuvius which lead the devastation of the bay of Naples.
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  • @TheSPQRHistorian
    @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +21

    Previous Emperor(Vespasian): ua-cam.com/video/8x1W3LXzUN8/v-deo.html

    • @passionforbiblicaltruth8288
      @passionforbiblicaltruth8288 4 роки тому

      Yes, I watched that as soon as you posted the vid thanks. I am a Chrisitan and the time period you have just covered is a time period that is important to me as it leads up to and includes the Jewish wars. The year of the four emperors must have felt like the empire was collapsing to the Romans. Again thank you for your videos.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому

      Thanks man, the further I go on you can expect more and more Christian history ;)

    • @72Yonatan
      @72Yonatan 2 роки тому

      Titus was good for whom? He did much evil in his lifetime, with arrogant disregard for the pain and suffering of others. For me, it is a sign of divine displeasure that he died in his early forties, just as the eruption of Vesuvius happened on the exact date that Titus had burned the Jewish Temple. God avenges the death of His servants.

    • @tyronecox5976
      @tyronecox5976 2 роки тому

      @@72Yonatan Pathetic, Titus Christ was son of God, Vespasian was the living God,Jews knew that because of Jewish scripture,New Testament was written by Titus and Josephus Bar Mathias,satire because of what he done to 2 million Zionists,watch Caesars Messiah UA-cam,or better still read the book,over 40 Jesus stories PROVEN to be Titus Flavius Clemens recently changed to Titus Flavius Vespasian,do your homework before you slag off the Messiah, Clements Holy Roman Empire not Jewish Paedophile filth Empire,he destroyed the Satanists,he invented Christianity and made up the Jesus story to bring Judaism and Christianity together,he never hated Jews just Zionists,why do you think freemasons paedophile filth lodge resembles Solomon's temple, Solomon's temple where they sacrificed children for the Passover bread.

  • @yournameshere
    @yournameshere 2 роки тому +57

    When people near their death they begin to think of their loved ones more and more. It's possible that on his death bed Titus was referring to giving leniency to his brother Domitian but it's also possible that he was referring to Berenice. He loved Berenice a lot and only sent her away because he feared what people thought about his relationship with her. However, near his death, he realized that his reign had been relatively successful and that the people would've most likely tolerated his love for Berenice. He probably regretted sending her away and considered that his life's "...one mistake."

  • @carondacaronda9894
    @carondacaronda9894 4 роки тому +60

    Small mistake at 10:23. The baths highlighted are the Baths of Trajan not the Baths of Titus. The Baths of Titus are a lot smaller and located between the Trajan Baths and the Colosseum.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +28

      Yeah, good catch, my mistake, thanks for pointing it out 😁

  • @Darrylizer1
    @Darrylizer1 3 роки тому +51

    I know it was you, Domitian. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.

    • @saltycreole2673
      @saltycreole2673 2 роки тому +4

      I don't know which is better, the uploads or the clever comments!

  • @p03saucez
    @p03saucez 4 роки тому +51

    This is the best video in the series. It's been awesome to see overall quality improve with each one you release. Love your work as always man!

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +2

      Wow, thanks! I try to make improvements in each video to make them better and better

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 Рік тому +8

    One of my favourite Roman emperors, only a damned shame that his reign was cut so short by his untimely demise. Despite his brother Domitianus being a somewhat inscrutable individual with excessive ambitions, I personally do not believe that he poisoned Titus, as has been speculated in various histories, but in the end we will never know. Fact is that Titus' death was deeply regretted by Roman society and was a great loss for the empire. Domitianus has been seen with more benign eyes in more recent biographies, but that is another story altogether.

  • @OptimusMaximusNero
    @OptimusMaximusNero 2 роки тому +7

    Titus: "Now that I've become Emperor, I shall give the best of me in order to honor my father's memory. I will make Rome more big and magnificent than ever, and my reign will be remembered for eternity. No one will stop me. No one..."
    Eruption of the Vesuvius, Second Great Fire of Rome and Domitian: *AWAKEN starts playing*

  • @SandyRiverBlue
    @SandyRiverBlue 3 роки тому +16

    Thanks so much, I learned something new. Vespasian's last words were a joke, "I guess I'm becoming a god". I was never sure what that meant until now.

  • @lehistoryconnoisseur1441
    @lehistoryconnoisseur1441 4 роки тому +46

    In his last words. I suspect he knew he had been poisoned by Domitian. And that he hadn’t had him executed when he learned he had been plotting against him.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +11

      I mean if you consider who profited the most from Titus death it was his brother, so he had a strong motive atleast. And I think Domitian had something to do with his death

    • @Teshub
      @Teshub 3 роки тому +5

      @@TheSPQRHistorian Domitian's rule was marked by paranoia. Domitian reminds me of another historic character: perhaps he was a bit like a Roman "Aethelwold," brother of King Alfred and uncle of King Edward, Alfred's son, who also lingered out of mercy, but who was ultimately much less successful.

    • @rajarshichakraborty8862
      @rajarshichakraborty8862 3 роки тому +4

      @@Teshub You got it a bit wrong, Aethelwold was the name of the nephew of Alfred the great, the historical figure you are talking about was named Aethelred, Aethelwold's father.

    • @Teshub
      @Teshub 3 роки тому +3

      @@rajarshichakraborty8862 It was Aethelwold I was thinking of as the parallel to Domitian (as vengeful senior aetheling), but the way I described his ancestral line was in error.

    • @rajarshichakraborty8862
      @rajarshichakraborty8862 3 роки тому +4

      @@Teshub Aethelwold betrayed the saxons and joined the Norse cause who accepted him as the king of Wessex (puppet king of course) and he with their help lead an attack on Wessex. Yeah there certainly is a parallel but not to that much of an extent. Rather I think someone like Richard III suits the cause more

  • @latinmasschoir5581
    @latinmasschoir5581 2 роки тому +3

    Amazing how a man, who was only the emperor for 2 years, is so well known and well respected some 2000 years later.

  • @phillipleboa5251
    @phillipleboa5251 3 роки тому +38

    THE MISTAKE - to sent his LOVE of his LIFE away. I think he realized that an Emperor without Love, is nothing...

    • @fleetcenturion
      @fleetcenturion 3 роки тому +5

      You can't put a price on good pussy.

    • @RPGmodsFan
      @RPGmodsFan 3 роки тому +1

      Phillip, I think you are right. Most people on their deathbeds would be thinking of their loved ones.

    • @hernanuliana9111
      @hernanuliana9111 3 роки тому +1

      If you know the history of Claudio's wife Agripina, you will change your mind about a life "without love". She leave Game of Throne's queen Cersei as an amateur.

    • @j0nnyism
      @j0nnyism 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely that was my thought too

    • @usurparemagnus
      @usurparemagnus 3 роки тому +1

      @@fleetcenturion exactly

  • @user-fl7zn2tn9q
    @user-fl7zn2tn9q 3 роки тому +27

    Hope this channel grows like all the famous history channels before, great work

  • @jjvv7578
    @jjvv7578 6 місяців тому +2

    Go ,Titus , go !

  • @RagnaCloud13
    @RagnaCloud13 6 місяців тому

    Joseph: Titus, I come to bar...
    Titus: say no more, Joe. You will help me.

  • @mmaphilosophy
    @mmaphilosophy 3 роки тому +2

    Just came across this channel and I absolutely love it. I've just got done listening to Mike Duncans history of Rome which was brilliantly done but loads of inaccuracies.
    So to find this with all facts is great

  • @chaa5095
    @chaa5095 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for the video, you helped me a lot with my assignment. Very nice

  • @Marc-.
    @Marc-. 5 місяців тому +3

    Titus, do it again

  • @jordanianchristian8387
    @jordanianchristian8387 4 роки тому +15

    Keep up the amazing content.

  • @andrewaustin9536
    @andrewaustin9536 3 роки тому +9

    Titus probably regretted letting Domitian off the hook. That seems the most likely answer.

  • @_Channel-ce4vq
    @_Channel-ce4vq 4 роки тому +4

    I am in love with these series. You've earned a subscriber. Keep it up

  • @nickanderson150
    @nickanderson150 2 роки тому +2

    100% leaving his brother alive was his one mistake. Loving the videos. Keep it up!!!

  • @MatteoAdler
    @MatteoAdler 4 роки тому +9

    Yessss new video!!!!! As always big up for the biographical video on one of my favorite Emperor. Titus in my opinion was a daring and bold warrior he carried out lots of impavid feats with few trusted cavalry during the Galilee campaign during the siege of Iafa, Yodfat and the bloody battle of Tarichea and was benevolent to the people of Jish. But we can't forget that he was also very brutal when he needed to restore order (the terrible siege of Jerusalem) He ruled for just few years i believe he really acted in the highest interests of the Empire to preserve it from turbulence and to secure the new dynasty, i tend to agree with conspiracy theories on the subject of his death...Domitian was not to be trusted. An interesting event during his reign was the incredible False Nero revolt a guy who looked and acted like Nero gained support in Asia and tried to rule using Nero politics lol eagerly waiting for the last Flavian video!!!

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +7

      Hey Matt! Who really knows how Titus would evolve if he had ruled for longer. I mean he had his violent tendencies and a lot of the worst emperors might have had a way better reputation if they had died before becoming monsters. 😅 The False Nero thing, just goes to show you the perspective we have of Nero is very tainted by the senatorial class the common people loved him

    • @apackofviceroys
      @apackofviceroys 4 роки тому +1

      Titus was the Jewish messiah aka Jesus Christ. Roman propaganda at its finest.

  • @Guratza
    @Guratza 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for your channel. I just discovered this video and I'm going to binge watch your videos later!
    If I may say so, in a point of constructive criticism, I would like to make a small suggestion that would bring a big improvement in the audio segment so it would be on the same level with your great work on the visuals. I would suggest buying a condenser microphone and a pop filter, record your audio in a room with less reverb and use a compressor on the audio file (you can find it on literally any audio processing program - try reaper which is free btw). Thank you again for your awesome work!

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому

      Hey Michael I appreciate you! I totally agree with you about the audio/voice etc. I actually have invested in a decent mic(Røde - NT-USB) if you watch my eariler videos you'll see what I mean ;) That being said I don't really know how to make full use of it, I've been using Audacity but I'll check Reaper out

  • @passionforbiblicaltruth8288
    @passionforbiblicaltruth8288 4 роки тому +3

    I really enjoy your work

  • @Joorum
    @Joorum 4 роки тому +2

    Your best video yet. Very well done and easy to follow.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +1

      Much appreciated Joorum, thank you!

    • @Joorum
      @Joorum 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheSPQRHistorian Always wondered how the Romans responded to the Vesuvius eruption crisis. I wouldn't have thought the emperor would actually visit the site and fund relief efforts. My impression of a typical Roman emperor was this aloof, self-centered tyrant who couldn't care less about actually being a real leader. But it's now clear to me why the Flavians triumphed in the civil war, because that was exactly the kind of behaviour the usurpers Otho and Vitellius were displaying in Rome in 69 A.D.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, In my impression they become more aloof and dominating the further we go in the chronology, during Augustus, Tiberius etc it was sort of a veiled monarchy so they had to play nice and keep up the appearance of a republic. The 'bad' emperors played that game the worst, they didn't cooperate with the senate. Titus brother Domitian is a really good example of a 'bad' emperor, he probably had the worst reputation, during ancient times, of all the emperors - Stay tuned for that :)

  • @magicegg9503
    @magicegg9503 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for the video . My name is Titus so thought I'd give it a watch

  • @Bodhi_118
    @Bodhi_118 Рік тому

    Great vid!

  • @kanyekubrick5391
    @kanyekubrick5391 4 роки тому +4

    Well done!

  • @Titus8094
    @Titus8094 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @decimustv4257
    @decimustv4257 3 роки тому +1

    Nice video 👍

  • @user-xe7fz2yv2j
    @user-xe7fz2yv2j 3 роки тому +4

    His mistake was burning the jewish temple at Jerusalem.

  • @erinaltstadt4234
    @erinaltstadt4234 Рік тому

    thank you

  • @FieldHoodGaming
    @FieldHoodGaming 3 роки тому +2

    Letting go of love

  • @fyodorberkovich8247
    @fyodorberkovich8247 Рік тому +1

    Maybe Titus's last words meant that he shouldn't have gone on that expedition lol.
    "I have made but one mistake..."

  • @johndurham6172
    @johndurham6172 3 роки тому +8

    As a romantic, I'm going to go with another path and say it was sending away the only woman he loved.

  • @enzopoletti1924
    @enzopoletti1924 4 роки тому +3

    The best Roman Emperor

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately he died young so he didn't have time to do much as Emperor

  • @jjjklll
    @jjjklll 2 роки тому +6

    Great job on this video! Have you ever considered doing a video on the parallels between Titus Flavius and Jesus? I used to be Christian until I learned that the whole Jesus story was likely based on the Titus story.

    • @solidrockofjesuschristmini2423
      @solidrockofjesuschristmini2423 2 роки тому +2

      He No Jesus Christ There is Only One his Father was God Holy spirit Big Difference between the two 🙏🙏🙏

    • @allisvanity...9161
      @allisvanity...9161 2 роки тому

      You should check out Gary Habermas, he is on youtube.

    • @tyronecox5976
      @tyronecox5976 2 роки тому

      @@solidrockofjesuschristmini2423 Titus Flavius aka Jesus Christ UA-cam Caesars Messiah UA-cam,Over 40 Jesus stories PROVEN to be Titus Flavius, Jesus just means saviour in Greek,all the New Testament writings were in Greek,God's not going to give HOLY Roman Empire the powers for killing his Jewish son is he, Jesus House of David, Titus House of God, HUGE difference, Clements run the Cosmos not Magdalenes,Mary was what the Romans called all rebellious women.

    • @cjhepburn7406
      @cjhepburn7406 Рік тому +1

      I heard Titus was Jesus: see Joseph Atwill*

  • @Seaz333
    @Seaz333 3 роки тому +3

    Forgot to clear his browser history.

  • @calvinjackson8110
    @calvinjackson8110 3 роки тому +3

    What is good about him. He destroyed the beautiful Herodian temple in 70AD. His soldiers brutally and cruelly destroyed the Jewish people.

  • @Kable472
    @Kable472 4 роки тому

    Great voice acting!!!!

  • @SandyRiverBlue
    @SandyRiverBlue 3 роки тому +2

    Vespasian wasn't just proclaimed emperor. He made sure that they would proclaim him emperor by placing the North African bread basket under his protection which resulted in bread riots and the fall of his predecessor (he was already on his way out though, only an idiot billets his troops in civilians houses and then dies nothing as they pillage the capital). Also, every other pretender to the throne marched on Rome, Vespasian was the only one to realize that he could take Rome by going in the opposite direction.

  • @RPGmodsFan
    @RPGmodsFan 3 роки тому +1

    Most people on their death beds think of their loved ones. My speculation is that the "My one mistake" that Titus was referring to is not marrying the love of his life. Bernice perhaps?

  • @coolassh1t
    @coolassh1t 3 роки тому +2

    P.S. the Western wall or Kotel is the correct name for the "Walling wall". Walling wall is a western name given to the wall due to the way the Jews pray towards it and is not appropriate name used in Jerusalem.

  • @AIRRAID2
    @AIRRAID2 Рік тому +1

    Either it was Domitian or he really loved that eastern princess and regretted sending her away.

  • @philipberthiaume2314
    @philipberthiaume2314 3 роки тому +3

    It is very important to note that the revival of the imperial cult was the precursor for early christianity. Titus, the son, Vespasian, the father. It would be around this time that the gospels were written, in greek, based on Josephus Flavius' accounts of Vespasian's life experiences. This was an effort that culminated in the creation of Jesus, a very forgiving figure who honoured Rome by giving unto Caesar what is Caesar's etc.etc. This in an effort to passify Judean agression, which worked incredibly well and would later serve political needs so effectively that religion replaced armies to keep civil order and obedience with Constantive adopting christianity as the only state religion.

    • @Breakfast_of_Champions
      @Breakfast_of_Champions 2 місяці тому

      The "New Testament" is the greatest forgery of all time, all of the Flavians are involved in its creation.

  • @paulfogarty7724
    @paulfogarty7724 Рік тому

    ...oooh...getting out of bed that morning ?... you don't know what life has planned for you each day

  • @wildmen5025
    @wildmen5025 Рік тому

    Ave Divus Titus!

  • @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin
    @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin 6 місяців тому +2

    The most based Emperor

  • @dillionday7414
    @dillionday7414 2 роки тому +1

    God bless Titus

  • @TitusNdahi
    @TitusNdahi 4 роки тому +9

    As you can see, my name is Titus. I want to know the real cause of Emperor Titus death.

  • @maz3563
    @maz3563 Рік тому +1

    Without hardly a doubt, a 41 year old noble wouldn’t get “sick” by any disease all by himself and die on the spot. Therefore, the only conclusion is that he was poisoned and the only possible suspect was his ambitious brother, no rocket science here. So, that’s the only mistake he might have been referring to.
    While one shouldn’t murder a brother to secure your throne, one certainly hang him if there’s proof of treason, brother or no brother, because the only penalty for that is death.
    So, I would say that he actually made two mistakes, not executing his treasonous brother, and not learning a valuable lesson that cost his best friend life by Agrippina, who happens to be a long lost relative of Billary. 😂

  • @davidblue819
    @davidblue819 3 роки тому +1

    I think it's impossible for us to guess Titus's mistake, because if he had a typically Roman attitude it would be some oracle he had disregarded or some rite he had neglected. The Romans were a very religious people, and also superstitious. When we assume they would think as we do, we misunderstand them.

  • @reneebarguen5850
    @reneebarguen5850 4 місяці тому

    Well, taken into consideration of the well documented historical accounts of Roman history, by various Roman historians, that one can only assume that it would be, without a doubt the modus operdi of Roman cloak and dagger Style of emperor succession.

  • @thadtuiol1717
    @thadtuiol1717 2 роки тому

    Titus, we've all been there mate: Letting 'the one' get away, and having to live the rest of our lives living with that awful fact,

  • @raminagrobis6112
    @raminagrobis6112 2 роки тому

    Titus is also famous for a hairstyle named after him. He was apparently the first to have very short hair, and it became a fashion.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  2 роки тому +1

      Different Titus. During the later years of the French Revolution, many fashionable young men and women of the upper and middle classes began to cut their hair short. It was called the Titus haircut, or coiffure à la Titus. The name is a reference to Titus Junius Brutus, the elder son of Lucius Junius Brutus, who founded the Roman Republic in 509 BC by famously overthrowing the Roman monarchy.

    • @raminagrobis6112
      @raminagrobis6112 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheSPQRHistorian Thanks for the correction. I only remembered it and wrote about it out of sheer memory. I should have checked it up. So it dates back to an even older period 😊.

  • @landinbrock8087
    @landinbrock8087 4 роки тому

    When will you release the Domitian video?

  • @charlieryan6550
    @charlieryan6550 3 роки тому +3

    Leaving Domitian in Rome and in power.

  • @neiloconnor3642
    @neiloconnor3642 3 роки тому

    I agree with the opinion of Evolvedtyrant, just below

  • @stephengavin2208
    @stephengavin2208 3 роки тому

    While rome got hit by several plagues i must assume he got poisoned by his brother as he regreted not neutralizing his brother while he could.

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps8758 3 роки тому +3

    You guys did an outstanding job. I never heard just how many died before Vespasian. That was convoluted.
    Titus last words are difficult to discern since I know almost nothing about his life and how he thought. But my guess is that he was lamenting something of a philosophical nature. Perhaps that he had no children? Or that he failed to marry the woman he loved, which is my guess. But it could be something else, something mundane. Or some civic work upon which he wished to embark but didn't find time. For my money it is sending his lover away that bothered him. Perhaps he wanted children with her? Thanks for doing such a detailed and yet concise rendering of the life of this little known Emperor.
    Romanus Pax Usque in Aeternum

  • @shaundavenport621
    @shaundavenport621 3 роки тому +1

    Titus was too kind for his own good! Ref-Domitian.

  • @ShadesApeDJansu
    @ShadesApeDJansu 3 роки тому

    The mistake was most definitely something to do with the poisoning or suspicion of poisoning, as an Emperor i think he wanted to do something as an Emperor at the end and that was to critique his work with one mistake and to point that to people, that he made only one mistake. Like his father has wanted to stand as an Emperor, Emperor to the end.

  • @jasonjason4377
    @jasonjason4377 4 роки тому

    Hell yes. Going in order it seems, how long until Didius Julianus? Idk of spelling is correct.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +1

      Hey Jason! Yeah we're going in chronological order. If you don't mind me asking what's the interest Didius Julianus? I'm just curious since he just bought his position as Emepror and ruled for like 66 days :D

    • @jasonjason4377
      @jasonjason4377 4 роки тому

      The SPQR Historian unless I have the story all wrong, but wasn’t it less “greedy rich guy” and more to appease his status obsessed wife and son/daughter? Hated by the people for it, and then abandoned by the praetorian guard at the end?

    • @jasonjason4377
      @jasonjason4377 4 роки тому

      The SPQR Historian also there was a lot of other things surrounding it. Septimius Severius and three others declaring themselves emperor, and the absolute gaul (lol) of the praetorian guard. You sell something just to resent the man for buying it. There was quite a bit of drama, tragedy, greed, and folly in those 66 days, ending with the execution of Pertinaxs assassins.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +1

      Well you might be correct I've just disregarded him as a joke emperor but now I'm kinda looking forward to doing research on him :D

    • @jasonjason4377
      @jasonjason4377 4 роки тому +1

      The SPQR Historian from what I’ve since read, he did seem power hungry. But he does have all of the drama as any other emperor it seems, minus the boring “actually doing stuff” parts. I feel he may be the perfect emperor for people today, as he reflects our own political figures with the high drama/low functionality, and was emperor just long enough to make a 10:01 length video lmao

  • @AK-ef4cz
    @AK-ef4cz 3 роки тому +1

    Was killed by Turkish warrior ertugrul resurrection in 13th century who was the founder of ottoman empire who vanished Roman empires and ruled the world for 600 years

  • @p03saucez
    @p03saucez 4 роки тому +5

    Wonder if Titus would've ended up like Tiberius. Amazing in the beginning, vile in the end. I somehow doubt it but Rome had a way of turning good-intentioned men into monsters.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +5

      Yeah I think you're on to something tbh even Nero, Caligula and Domitian started of pretty good and if had died early in their reigns perhaps we would've remembered them as good emperors. "die hero or live long enough to become villain"

    • @passionforbiblicaltruth8288
      @passionforbiblicaltruth8288 4 роки тому +5

      Titus was quite different from Tiberius as Tiberius was a person prone to depression.
      Tiberius had to renounce the woman he loved at the command of Cesar and I think that set the course for the rest of his life. Titus was much more upbeat.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +3

      @@passionforbiblicaltruth8288 Titus had violent and scheming tendencies which he displayed during Vespasian's reign. So who knows if he started cultivating those sides of his person, later on, we don't know. This is a what-if scenario, just speculations. The people liked him, the senate liked him - he appeared to be a good emperor :)

    • @yournameshere
      @yournameshere 2 роки тому +1

      As they say, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This was the nature of the position of Emporer of Rome. Such a position naturally centers all animosity, envy, jealousy, blame, conspiracy, love, hate, etc., towards the single individual. It is the price one must pay to have absolute power. If we consider dictators throughout history, the story is similar for most. Every once in a while the variables will randomly align for a ruler with absolute power to be loved by all factions. Only in this condition, and if they are inherently good people, will their absolute power not corrupt absolutely.

  • @brandbw
    @brandbw 4 роки тому +2

    Possibly he thought his one mistake was trusting his brother; who had him poisoned. Another possibility could be he was mistaken to have left Rome; in it he was safe with his partnership with the Pretorians. We won’t ever know but I love your videos been here since your first one! Keep it up amigo and stay healthy!!

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +4

      Yeah likely his brother, I've always thought that Domitian got rid of his brother. And the fact that Domitian left his brother for dead to quickly head to Rome to be proclaimed emperor suggests the same. And if you ask who who profited from Titus death the most? - Domitian. I really appricate your support! Stay healthy

    • @gregoriomariano5070
      @gregoriomariano5070 4 роки тому

      @@TheSPQRHistorian VERY Simplistic approach. I suggest reading "Domitian: tragic tyrant" for more info on domitian's personality and background on the time.

  • @tjey379
    @tjey379 4 роки тому +11

    I think that the mistake was the destruction of the temple especially since he had feelings for a Jewess, other than that another mistake could have been getting rid of his lover.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +6

      Could very well be, our surviving sources explicitly says that Titus didn't sanction the sacking of the Temple

    • @PeterGregoryKelly
      @PeterGregoryKelly 3 роки тому +1

      But the destruction of the temple sent Israelites out of Judea as refugees including all the small sects infecting the empire with their cults instead of remaining obscure cults in the levant. The first gospel (Mark) was written after the temple destruction. The gospels even spin the temple as a corrupt den of money changers as though to say "who needs them anyway" and the story of Jesus with the fig tree may have been a way of saying that temple (allegorised by a fig tree) was "out of season" and of course will not bare any more fruit.

    • @PeterGregoryKelly
      @PeterGregoryKelly 3 роки тому +1

      The destruction of the temple was like smashing a glass bottle with a hammer and with the splinters going everywhere and infecting the person swinging the hammer. Infecting with religious memes not agreeable with the existing pagan memes. A sort of karma. Christianity might today be nothing without the temple being destroyed.

    • @ericbooth3393
      @ericbooth3393 3 роки тому

      @Anthony O Why wouldn’t he take the Triumph even if he wasn’t proud of his war with the Jews? To have a Triumph in Rome was an honour not many Romans experienced. I don’t know anything about Titus but that would be my guess

    • @ericbooth3393
      @ericbooth3393 3 роки тому

      @Anthony O For some reason I read your comment wrong, I thought you wrote “triumph” rather then the “ark of Titus”. But my point still remains the same, notoriety and popularity were important to the emperors. Assuming Titus did not want the jews destroyed (no idea if it’s true or not) why would he not take the rewards granted to him by the Senate? You’d be a fool not to, especially if you were an ambitious politician.

  • @godofwarhammer7655
    @godofwarhammer7655 4 роки тому +3

    Are you going to be covering the Byzantine emperors

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +4

      Yes I will :)

    • @godofwarhammer7655
      @godofwarhammer7655 4 роки тому

      @@TheSPQRHistorian cool

    • @godofwarhammer7655
      @godofwarhammer7655 4 роки тому +2

      @@TheSPQRHistorian and are you going to be talking about the man who started it all
      GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  4 роки тому +3

      I love Caesar he THE most interesting man in history by far. So when I do the Caesar video(s) I want to make sure they are 110%. So I have really big plans for that

    • @godofwarhammer7655
      @godofwarhammer7655 4 роки тому

      @@TheSPQRHistorian cool

  • @vespasianflaviustheemperor7901
    @vespasianflaviustheemperor7901 4 роки тому +5

    He was always a good kid unlike his little brother.

  • @jorgegodinez2910
    @jorgegodinez2910 4 роки тому +4

    I read somewhere that it’s possible that Titus might have slept with Domitian’s wife, what do you think about that theory?

  • @GojoSatoru-jy9qb
    @GojoSatoru-jy9qb 2 роки тому

    My name is Titus to let’s go

  • @oscar_eslava_
    @oscar_eslava_ 2 роки тому

    He made one mistake: not marrying his sweetheart and killing his brother as a wedding gift for himself.

  • @SPQSpartacus
    @SPQSpartacus 2 роки тому

    The first five years of Nero were considered very good for Rome and Romans, and we know How that turned out. But I admit Titus seems a more level-headed type.

  • @GNBcorporal
    @GNBcorporal 3 роки тому

    He left the stove on

  • @cam5816
    @cam5816 Рік тому

    What do you mean he even drank from the same cup as Britannicus out of sympathy?? He drank it after he died?? I thought they weren’t sure it was a poisoning? And why would he attempt to kill himself? I would assume he drank from it by accident…?

  • @g-lix7702
    @g-lix7702 3 місяці тому +1

    Aka Jesus Christ the superstar

  • @jaymega1293
    @jaymega1293 Рік тому

    Agrappina didn’t poison Britannicus it was Nero so that his mother couldn’t use him as leverage.

  • @mmaphilosophy
    @mmaphilosophy 3 роки тому

    The best 7. Top 7 I'm order, emperors I think.
    7. Titus
    6. Hadrian
    5. Antionius pius
    4. Marcus Areliuas
    3. Aurelian
    2. Augustus
    1. Trajan

    • @ralphnoyes4366
      @ralphnoyes4366 3 роки тому

      Can't disagree with those.
      Perhaps lower on the list, but good ones nonetheless: Septimius Severus, Majorian, Julian, Diocletian (rough, but competent), Constantine.

  • @essaypalmer5325
    @essaypalmer5325 3 роки тому

    The voice over has no drama. Almost slept off

  • @1789balzac
    @1789balzac 2 роки тому

    Titus was talking about dumping Berenice from a romantic point of view. However, from a pragmatic point of view he realised he should have killed his brother. I think Titus and Vespasian are amongst the cleverest emperors they ever had so if Titus got outwitted, most of us wouldn't have made it either. We need to think other enemies of that family...

    • @jabronisauce6833
      @jabronisauce6833 Рік тому

      Sorry but no, I catch someone plotting against me then I'm going to act so that they can't kill me he was extremely naieve here..
      Probably one of them people that always tries to see the best in people but most people ain't shiiit

    • @1789balzac
      @1789balzac Рік тому

      @@jabronisauce6833 you are wrong about Titus. He was not naive (that is like saying caesar was naive). no, when a guy like that gets killed it is incredibly complex. He wasn't a dummy...

  • @user-pz1bc9bc6o
    @user-pz1bc9bc6o 2 роки тому

    It was the Partian girl he was in love with but he sent her away when he gave in to the pressure of the aristocrats, he should of gave up the vanity to rule for Love , he wouldn't got poisoned... afterwards, He knew he screwed up.

  • @silkok6346
    @silkok6346 2 роки тому

    I dont thin domiatian killed his brother. A lot of people think that but it most likely not true. The thing most people forget is that the wealthy people and senators wrote the history and not the truth. Its most likely Britannicus died of a epelapsie attack. His father suffered also from that sickness and so did he. When he died during dinner Nero and Aprippina didn't move or where choked. If they would have killed them they would have acted that they would be chocked. Britannicus had most likely a epelepsie attack and he died of that. Because he had this attacks quite often Nero and his mother didn't do anything because they thought it will go over in a miniut like it does every time

  • @jamesmatters3905
    @jamesmatters3905 Рік тому

    Bigger men then you have doubted Josephus and were wrong, and where you place the temple was wrong as well

  • @Insectoid_
    @Insectoid_ 2 роки тому +1

    Such A shame he was poisoned

  • @MrEricleblanc26
    @MrEricleblanc26 4 роки тому +1

    Having switched from scotch to martinis? 😁

  • @GenXAbovetruth
    @GenXAbovetruth Рік тому

    He mistakes his brother for having compassion like himself?🤪… I share the same birthday as Titus!

  • @titusgrondahl3984
    @titusgrondahl3984 2 роки тому

    You can thank me now

  • @kaml284
    @kaml284 2 роки тому

    to be honest, I kinda doubt it was Domitian, most of what he did as an emperor was decent. The senate took a lot of effort to make him look bad because he snubbed them so much.

  • @Theodorebenevolent
    @Theodorebenevolent 3 роки тому +4

    Great video. I imagine the so-called Black "Israelites" will be very disappointed and offended with your historically accurate depiction of ancient Roman and Israelites' skintone.

    • @yodijones215
      @yodijones215 2 роки тому

      What does skin tone have to do with this ??

  • @stratagos4610
    @stratagos4610 3 роки тому

    In his last words, it might that he hadn't taken action against his brother or maybe that he had to give up his eastern wife

  • @Randomname8383
    @Randomname8383 2 роки тому

    His mistake: not finishing the job in Judea

  • @countravid3768
    @countravid3768 2 роки тому

    I suppose Titus would have finished his speech with a one liner like. I have made one mistake in my life, I should have kept that food in the microwave longer.
    But in all seriousness it could be his regrets of not having a son or pushing his lover away, maybe remorse for a man he wrongly convicted. Or maybe he pooped himself in his bed before he died.

  • @psalmerperea1864
    @psalmerperea1864 Рік тому

    He and Vespasian were the Good Emperors before the Good Emperors.

  • @dfgggg89
    @dfgggg89 3 роки тому +1

    Rosebud.

  • @stevej3483
    @stevej3483 3 роки тому

    Mistake to let his food taster go on holiday

  • @garysims2029
    @garysims2029 2 роки тому

    I'll tell you what from what I have seen through these videos a Roman emperor is what I would want to he last if someone isn't trying to poison me theree a rebellion somewhere then the praetorian guard need a daily hand job from me just to make sure they do thier job or a general somewhere trying to overthrow me all while tryna keep the people happy. Fuck all that I'd settle for a blacksmith or a scribe

  • @ukr3ap3r27
    @ukr3ap3r27 2 роки тому

    Not bashing his brother or killing him. Bashing his love because she had royal blood from Judea.

  • @andrewkappler5503
    @andrewkappler5503 3 роки тому

    I agree with others don't think it's domitian his regret was sending his wife away

  • @othellosmalley2729
    @othellosmalley2729 2 роки тому

    He may have been talking about his brother, but it could have been about sacking the Lord's temple 🕍 yes I know he was a pagan but many leaders in the past didn't serve Israel's God but recognized he was real, enjoyed the video that's just my theory 🤔

  • @yosefbensimon8449
    @yosefbensimon8449 Рік тому +1

    Going against israel and god that was a huge mistake