id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8508 Titus - Wikipedia .html text/html 7909 839 68 As a military commander, he gained early renown by participating in the Roman invasion of Britain in 43.[6] What little is known of Titus's early life has been handed down by Suetonius, who recorded that he was brought up at the imperial court in the company of Britannicus,[7] the son of Emperor Claudius, who would be murdered by Nero in 55. The Roman Army was joined by the Twelfth Legion, which had been previously defeated under Cestius Gallus, and from Alexandria, Vespasian sent Tiberius Julius Alexander, governor of Egypt, to act as Titus' second in command.[32] Titus had ruled the Roman Empire for just over two years: from the death of his father in 79 to his own on 13 September 81.[71] He was succeeded by Domitian, whose first act as emperor was to deify his brother.[80] See Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Titus 1, 11; Cassius Dio, Roman History LXVI.18; and Brian Jones; Robert Milns (2002). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8508.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8508.txt