DNA research shows that all Kohanim are descended from him. Roman emperor Titus began battering operations against the wall of the Temple court (Josephus, Jewish Wars 6:4). Bar-Ilan University ...

Popular media, such as the 2000 film "Gladiator," often depict Roman gladiators in gory battles that don't end until at least ...

It was even rumored that he had helped speed his brother Titus towards his death. “Master and God” As emperor, Domitian was hated by the Roman aristocracy, largely because of his cruelty and ...

"I did some reading. He had two sons, Titus and Domitian, who were both in line to be emperor," says Hopkins. "And he was a ...

The Roman empire was at its height when a deadly disease caused devastation to its population, economy and military prowess.

Finally, he wasted no time establishing his dynasty, insisting that his two sons – Titus and Domitian ... he joked, mocking the Roman tendency to turn dead emperors into gods, "I think ...

The Arch of Titus, in the city’s historic center ... it shows the soon-to-be emperor leading a procession of Roman soldiers and captured Jews bearing the spoils of the temple, including its ...

Around 1480 a few excavators began digging on the Oppian Hill and found what they thought were the ruins of the Baths of Titus ... which Roman emperors typically procured by raiding other countries.

The former soldier adopted a military-style beard, even in official portraits, a first for a Roman emperor ... the tombstone of luckless centurion Titus Annius, who was “killed in the war ...

In 1814, observing from a ship in Baltimore harbor, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” (later “The Star-Spangled Banner”) after witnessing the American flag ...

A few years before that, excavations near those sites led to the discovery of three marble sculptures depicting the heads of former Roman emperors Julius Caesar and Titus Flavius Vespasian ...

AD: Dometian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. 1662: The Netherlands and England ...