Titus (AD 39–81)
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The Arch of Titus, in the Forum in Rome was built in AD 82 and is the first example of a Composite order. Relief sculptures on the arch depict the sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans led by Titus in AD 70.
Roman emperor from AD 79. Eldest son of Vespasian, he captured Jerusalem in 70 to end the Jewish revolt in Roman Palestine. He completed the Colosseum, and helped to mitigate the suffering from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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