Titus - The Good Emperor Documentary

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[@morningstar9233]

Titus was a shrewd man adapting to the demands of his place and situation. Fair minded but pragmatic, with a view to his own advancement and that of his family. In the context of Roman society his actions are reasonable and necessary for success.

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[@leroyasher5641]

How can we judge Titus by today's standards, it appears the ancients approved of his time as Emperor, let it rest as such.

[@josefstrauss9017]

Domitian next please, he was a good emperor and beloved by the army and people. (He even brought down the inflation of the Denarius). He just got on the bad side of history because he was disliked by the senate, nearly in the same manner William II (Rufus) got discredited by the church.

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For anyone who hasn't read Heartly recommend Simon Scarrow's Eagles series in which early novels portray a (fictional) rivalry between Verspasian and Vitellus during the AD43 conquest of Britannia

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Top notch series that.Interesting that when Vitellius became emperor,Vespasian made his move.After all.he knew Vitellius' character - or,rather,lack of.

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[@ScipioAfricanus_Chris]

The man, the myth, and (most importantly) the arch!

[@rjeder57]

"...to the God Titus, son of the God Vespasian; from the Senate and the People of Rome..." ~inscribed upon the Triumphal Arch of Titus Flavius, standing in Rome to this day. Ever wonder what that means? I did.... Josephus spent his life preaching that Vespasian [the wasp] was literally the messiah, the Christ, foretold of by the prophetic scriptures of the Jews.... Therefore, it was doubly so for Titus, who believed he had won the title of "Christ" (" the anointed") by defeating the Jewish rebellion, destroying both Jerusalem and the Temple, ending the War at Masada, on Passover, in 73 CE. "Wars of the Jews, and the Destruction of Jerusalem" should be required reading. The typology and parallels to be found between it and the 4 Gospels is endlessly fascinating....and eye-opening.

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​Except for one (rather) significant obstacle - Titus was born after crucifixion of the Messiah...

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[@ariston5433]

I found it quite interesting that Titus was having an “ affair “ with one of the Herodian princesses while in Jude’s. It is a fascinating read from the writings of Flavius Josephus!

[@td2456]

Been waiting for this. Thank you guys! ❤

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I like documentaries about less known people from history.

[@kennybachman35]

Titus is where the Jesus myth came from.

[@dyls2702]

I think the case for the flavian dynasty creating Christianity is highly compelling and quite frankly in my humble opinion its a far more reasonable explanation for its origins

[@yresa15]

My grandpa was such a history lover and specifically the Roman Empire history that he named his children with some awesome names derive from that culture, uncle Plinious, aunties Tuliah, Nereah, Flavia, and of course my father Dionisious Constanino… epic guy borned in 1901.

[@mat3714]

One of the greatest "what if ?" In history... what if Titus would've lived ?

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Maybe he still is

[@mirjanamilojevic7747]

One man, or even a group never create a history, but historical conditinal circumstances themselves.

[@mat3714]

@@mirjanamilojevic7747 That's bullshit. Napoleon decides to go to russia. End of class.

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Thanks. It was pretty informative, didn't know some things mentioned in this video.

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Hope one will be done Cesare Borgia or the whole Borgia family

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Wow - really good stuff, well balanced, very good presented - liked this one very much. Thank you for that. I am among many others who would like to see such a documentation about Domitian - do we have any chance getting this? Would love it.

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Timely documentary, considering the way the Senate is acting right now in America with putting the leading candidate for president in prison potentially, over something they could all be charged with. It’s going to be an interesting next 4 to 5 years.

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Thank you for this team! I can't wait to see your video on Domitian, the paranoid monster of the Flavians

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

So called by his enemies in the Senate, whose corruption he tried to fight. Historical assessment of Domitian is quite a bit more complicated than “paranoid monster”. A Caligula or Commodus, he was not. Remember, this almost happened to none other than Hadrian, but Antoninus prevented it.

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@@michaelhoffmann2891 If I was a Christian minding my business anywhere in the empire, big D might have been considered a monster. However it was par for the course for all Christians in the Empire, regardless who the Emperor was, but big D. was really involved in that persecution. He wanted a total eradication of Christianity and destroyed very important manuscripts.

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@@jbjoeychic Big D? Pretty silly moniker - and I doubt anybody would apply it to Domitian. If there was a "Big D" associated with persecution of Christians, it would be Diocletian. Or if you want another emperor beginning with D who ran some significant persecutions it was Decius.

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[@vanishingfolklore]

excellent upload

[@aaronyates5324]

Out of all the documentaries I've seen covering the Flavian emperors this is the one that gives the most careful consideration to the tricky process of weighing the historical evidence. Titus' life and rule is easy to conflate with Vespasian's so it's nice to see a bit of a more nuanced take on it. That being said, in a way, it's not enough. I feel like there is a little more appetite for the minutiae of evaluating historical events and their relationships to source material than may have been anticipated (if the popularity of certain historical podcasts is any indication). I suppose this doc struck a balance of its own, but I wouldn't have minded a little more dissection.

[@HelxAlKatuz]

One thing I like about Emperor Titus is Definitely his unusual choice in Colosseum Gladiator game Priscus Verus Two fought and both won I mean usually only one survives but this was definitely unique

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I really like your presentation style, the man or woman know to history ❤🎉

[@jenniferdurso1461]

James Frain would be a shoe in to play this gentleman 🤣

[@juanagonzalez-vj2mo]

Trajano of Hispania was the best Emperor of Roma, he defeated Dacians, he conquered 1/3of partian empire even his capital Tesifonte and he said "if I was younger I reach India"

[@FAMA-18]

Trajano was a good Emperor, but the title, the best emperor of Rome belongs to Cesar, Augustus.

[@pepperspray7386]

36:00 (ish) the romans may have been brutal to the defenders of jerusalem , but according to josephus the defenders were even more brutal to one another within the walls.

[@frederikdewaele3549]

Ironically, Titus' second wife, Marcia Furnilla, would be related to a later emperor: she was a maternal aunt of the emperor Trajan. Trajan's mother was Furnilla's elder sister.

[@mendezmichael17]

Titus is trajan's uncle?

[@frederikdewaele3549]

@@mendezmichael17 By marriage. But he had divorced her for political reasons even before his father became emperor. Furnilla's family was connected to the opponents of Roman Emperor Nero and after the failure of the Pisonian conspiracy in 65, they were disfavored by Nero and the Flavians wanted to distance themselves from them, so he had to divorce her. In the upper echelons of Roman society (as later in other societies as well) marriage was more like a business transaction than a matter of love.

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Historians are time travelers cartographers that map out time…

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I should be like the weirdos and say you left out these things that have nothing to do with anything and the video was too short. Smh. Great video

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[@fyers3629]

Love roman history exspecially the Flavians

[@funfact8660]

Caligula would have blushed...

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@@funfact8660 yes with mud in his Toga 🤣

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting documentary

[@williamcovarrubias1070]

This is my kind of video !

[@TWOCOWS1]

Very nice. Really good. Thank you. Only one caveat: Neither Caesar nor any Roman ruler ever ruled "much of the civilized world." (@ 5:13-14) If so, they would have also rule dover China, India, Persia and other vast realms of human civilization. They did not. They were "kings of their own hill" around the Mediterranean, period.

[@frankdecardenas53]

He was good for the Roman’s and not for the enemies, is the same we ask for our presidents.

[@svena.halstensen5699]

i think that whether or not he was a good person, he was good at emperoring...

[@healthyliving4495]

In the video you mentioned that Titus allowed those attending Passover to enter in order to add pressure on the food supply. It was common for Jews from around the empire to attend passover. At this time, up to 20% of the larger Roman cities around the empire, were Jews. Because of this, one million is plausible.

[@zjeee]

The roman army sent was 60k. It’s hardly likely such a small number would be capable taking a city of a million inhabitants. Even if only 10% were fighters it would prove a challenge for the romans.

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[@powermaxx8377]

Titus was a good emperor. Good only to the sense that he only ruled for 2 years 2 months and 20 days which could not have offered him the chance to see his dark side. my views though

[@keastymatthew2407]

Yep, Just your narrow views😁 From our current time perspective sir😁

[@mrc7684]

@@keastymatthew2407don't be rude, and don't like your own comment 🤮

[@joeblow1748]

No more batman for that man...!

[@keastymatthew2407]

@@mrc7684 How was that first comment even rude? Can you even read ms?

[@chadclay1643]

Edgy take

[@brianpreval5602]

yes, titus was a good guy.

[@lonniecrosby4820]

Dismissal of the numbers who were killed (as related by Josephus) is typical of modern historians, as if the ancients didn't know how to account. Josephus's account of the Wars of rhe Jews has been verified in many cases and he states that the Romans had paid for the disposal of the bodies of the Jews and kept an accurate account for that purpose. In addition, the city was swollen by the numbers who came for celebration of one of the Jewish holidays which made a trip to the Temple a mandatory observance. Josephus, who was present with the Roman army, was very familiar with Jerusalem and would have known himself what numbers could be found in the city during one of the mandatory festivals. The numbers estimated by modern historians is pure crap.

[@sebolddaniel]

Got it: Tacitus was the historian, Titus the ruler.

[@abercul7698]

I don't think Augustus was the real heir. I believe the Senate lied because they didn't want Caesars real son to be in charge because his mother was Cleopatra making him a Prince of Egypt and heir to Caesars throne.

[@FAMA-18]

No, Indeed, Julius Caesar foresaw the rise of Augustus (then known as Gaius Octavius) as his heir. When Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C.E., he had appointed Augustus as the heir to his political and personal fortune in his will, not the son he had with Cleopatra.

[@grapeshot]

You will question our new emperor: Is ability to rule Emperor Titus will have your family hang from the city walls.

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Legends

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good documentary 👍 would be better if there is availability of English subtitles, an important tool for English learners 😢😢

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There's a glitch of some kind we're working on it.

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[@sagittariusa7662]

The Iron Age came about due to a desire for the masses to take power from the elite. There were invasions of Sea People, but they were also part of the system of governance created by the Elite, an elite all related to one another like one big extended family (chiefly due to all the marriages going on). The Copper Age (the rise of talent and ability that allowed one a place in society as a continuation of the Neolithic Age, but more importantly power began to become a tool of politics). The Bronze Age (established by the chaos of competing civilization in which power became increasingly centralized into the hands of a few people and where family ties determine one's place). You could argue that the copper age collapsed into the Bronze Age but it is more correct that it was conquered in which Kingdoms began to emerge due to said conquest such as the unification of Egypt between Upper and Lower Egypt. The Iron Age (the collapse of the Bronze Age in which power began to filter out of kingdoms in favor of new people of talent, a sort of return to the Copper Age, albeit this came through stages through the rise of new Kingdoms, new forms of government and the fall of Old Kingdoms and Forms of Government). The Medieval Age (the fall of central authority in favor of regional lords and consolidation of culture under a unifying system of religious practices and doctrine). The Modern Age (the reunification of the state, the separation of the state, and the rise of the individual man).

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Por favor lo pueden subtitulado en español gracias

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[@theresalaux5655]

I think Titus was probably an average commander and emperor. He wasn't as bad as Nero or as good as Marcus Aurelius. Good video!❤

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PLEASE PLEASE cover Commodus next!! 🙏 🙏

[@pandoraeeris7860]

Commodus 64 was instrumental in laying the foundations of the Roman computer industry.

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@@pandoraeeris7860commodus also invented the commode, or toilet, as it is now known, revolutionizing the waste disposal industry.

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Good narration. Good historical material.

[@fyers3629]

Waiting for Domitian now

[@aadargupta]

you should do chhatrapati shivaji maharaj next

[@mirishow]

Caligula and Nero the bigest dictators of Rome 😮

[@ericoliver2342]

Titus was clearly the greatest Roman Emperor and General.

[@josefstrauss9017]

Fair enough but I think Trajan would take that spot ✌🏼

[@FAMA-18]

If we going to talk about the greatest emperor, Agustus takes the spot.

[@freyasslain2203]

Personally , I preferred the younger brother , Domitian .

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Dat promma is ert interressante voor de menssen die heft a section literraire . Op school ik heb des maar hier er is veel detaol

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Ok kijken ik ook

[@christoffellner84]

Had Titus reached the age of his father, would he have kept his reputation? What ifs are pure speculation and not to be answered, but one day they were day to day business.

[@mohammadrahman9698]

This is how historical doc should be, not netflix's porn infested bullsht

[@leemblake]

Better than Nero? Nero seemed like he wanted to spread the arts in a crazed society If you won a battle your a threat to your emperor that would enslave you seems stable

[@rebeccacarter1914]

For the first part of my life I despised all things Roman, but over the years I have realized while the Roman conquered, the subsequent peace they established and the stability they provided was better than what the people had before and what they would have had. However, I can never wrap my head around the "games" of the coliseum. The noble Romans of the Republic had descended into depravity.

[@FAMA-18]

The games in that time period were normal. It’s like the sport boxing in our time, in a 1000 years they’ll will say it was barbaric.

[@supersasquatch]

He was just as great as nippleus

[@ZskyKrnsr-dr8sv]

thank you for telling this, he is a brutal destroyer for destroying civilization treasures, like history books and library.. I think he's look like Gengis Khan

[@D4Disdain]

Titus didn't destroy any library, the Muslims did about 500 years after. He didn't kill off the Jews, they are still around. Julius Ceasar kill off 7 tribes in Gallia (France).

[@bobnevels9125]

How I would interpret it, is that the Hebrews had no vision for order in the earthly realm, and that their genocidal nature meant that even the most enlightened theocracy was genocidal. And so the character of Titus isn't as much of an issue that the victory of Rome was less brutal than the potential victory of the Hebrews, and that victory proved the sacred duty and destiny of the Roman ethic of true order through self-discipline, because if wanting to be ruled by a God is the height of tyranny, then the alternative is that the Roman legionary believed in being Roman. The American Legal system owes more to Rome than to the Jewish tradition, because though the world may fall, may justice be done. Looked at this way, the Jesus project was about allowing the best of the Jewish character was allowed to escape, while leaving the tainted and genocidal Jewish people behind. The John Rawles theory of Justice is, from my personal research, is more centered in the Latin view of precedent through experience as being more important than divine sanction. And so, in my view, being opposed to theocracy is the same thing as being opposed to genocide. In that sense, that's why I'm not a Muslim, because if I was, I'd have to be in support of genocide due to their faith in God and theocratic rule.

[@jasonvengroff1396]

The Roman senate never issued a DEATH WARRENT It was a "Arrest Warranty" He was the last of his line.... The senate wanted him to go live in exile/// peace and keep the Julius-(something...LOL) Alive and produce Heir's,,,,,,, I Known the TRUTH is not always the easy path But lets Try to fellow it Peace

[@abbieb8130]

Josephus's claim of a million deaths is actually reasonable considering the time and place. During Passover, Jews traveled to Jerusalem from all through the Diaspora, not just from Judaea. There were more Jews living outside Judaea than within. And Titus let the travelers in but not out.

[@michaelpenklis7580]

Who is the narrator of this video ?

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

Mr. Robot Voice?

[@bluestrife28]

I love how some of the most influential stories of the past exist because of straight males trying to downplay the achievements of strong women or gay men. They owe us much. The stories survive as do the names, proving you can’t completely change or erase history. It’s always there.

[@oldterry9356]

Was Titus one or the other? How about both.

[@user-xd4rs6vr4n]

The Best Emperor

[@endtimeslips4660]

Titus besiege is the completion of Jesus prophecy

[@endtimeslips4660]

@@willbluefield5776 doesn't matter at the end you die either and no one can change your future it your own fault your own decision. actually the one who edger to controlling other person decision that person the more pathetic than the rest. like you usually does you force people to murder their infant do you lol

[@anandawijesinghe6298]

Titus = Malleus Ludaeus

[@frereM]

So, did the Flavians invent Christianity in order to circumvent/neuter radical messianic Judaism?

[@davidmontoute2074]

I knew someone on this thread was going to mention the Atwill thesis. It's becoming quite popular. I think that even if some primitive form of Christianity existed prior to to 70AD, it must have looked quite different from the forms that developed following the Gospels. James Valiant has an interesting book on these ideas, and its arguments dovetail to a large extent with those of Atwill.

[@pandoraeeris7860]

Yes, they did.

[@kennybachman35]

Romans always adapted and adopted the rituals and customs of their subjects. It’s where the words “adapt” and “adopt” came from, also “hostage” and “kidnapping”. They took their subjects beliefs and their sons and turned them Roman. A tradition still practiced by the Catholic Church to this day.

[@kennybachman35]

@@davidmontoute2074don’t know who those people are. But the Gnostic and Coptic sects in Syria were the oldest forms of “Christianity”, but they had no Jesus character and they followed ALL the Gospels, not just the Canonized revisions.

[@crhu319]

Lots of details here support that,like Josephus being rejected as envoy and failing to save his people as himself alone, Tacitus recorded as making odd statements about Titus hostility to Christianity, which casts doubt on his 102CE mention of Pilate.

[@houseofvanity8]

Please make one about princess Lamballe

[@houseofvanity8]

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[@heavenlywarning]

Amen, Thank you Jesus praise you Jesus i believe and i trust in you Jesus my lord my saviour and my King Glory to God Amen 🙏🙏🙏

[@teniente_snafu]

He brought peace to the Middle East that lasted hundreds of years.

[@Boo-lr8fj]

50:00

[@pandoraeeris7860]

Flava Flavian

[@louieverdugo5156]

Great treatment on that of Titus. But there's seems to be one key vital piece of information about Titus,and that being that he like King Cyrus of Medo/Persian empire were both subjects of prophetical information in the Bible,more pointedly in Daniel 9:26 where he is identefied as a prince,because his father Vespesian had left him in charge of finishing the task at Jerusalem,while his father went back to Rome for his official coronation! So in fact,he was an instrument in God's hands to accomplish His divine order of things concerning His covenant people,the Jews! Remember that Jesus had prophecied the utter destruction of the temple, I find it extremely important for there's great amount of commotion in Israel in wanting to build the third temple! So in a sense,Titus was carrying orders,not from Rome,but from the throne! The one in heaven,that is!

[@D4Disdain]

Titus was no dummy. He had the information about the prophesies and when the Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians. He acomplish, maybe by a stoke of luck or by design, to destroy the Temple, in the same day as the Babylonians did, August 28 (Av 9) 586 BC; Titus, 28 August 70 AD, to strike terror in the heart of the Jews for a fulfillment of a prophesy. Both, Nebuchadnezzar II and Titus, destroyed the Temple not out of malice. They were looking for treasure and the artifact that was a weapon and a "communicator device" to speak with the Gods, the Ark. The Temple was built like a onion of 3 layers with false walls around the inner sanctum, so they proceed the "undoing" of the Temple stone by stone so nothing would be buried in rubble. The workers were watched day and night so nothing could be stolen or hidden. Legend says, Titus found the Ark, took it to Rome and now is in the Papal Vatican. You do your own research about the Vatican Hill and what was in ancient times.