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Titus , was Roman Emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to come to the throne after his own father....

Timeline of Events

4.14.70

Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.

5.10.70

Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.

5.30.70

Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.

6.5.70

Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.

7.20.70

First Jewish-Roman War: Siege of Jerusalem - Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.

9.7.70

A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.

9.8.70

Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.

6.23.79

Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as the tenth Roman Emperor.

9.14.81

Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.