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TITUS, Emperor of Rome, was in the country of the Sabines in A.D. 9. After serving 1 in Germany and Britain, as commander of a legion, he became consul, and then pro-consul, of Africa. In A.D. 66 he reduced nearly all Galilee, when the rebellion of the Jews arose and he was preparing to attack Jerusalem when Nero; died. In A.D. 69 the army elected him Emperor, and he at once reformed its discipline and purified the senatorial and equestrian orders. Me favoured arts, letters, and learned men, particularly Pliny and VILI.ARS, Joseph us, and he erected the huge amphitheatre still celebrated uuder the name of the * Coliseum. He died A.D. 79.