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Titus Flavius Petro (flourished 1st century BC) was the paternal grandfather of the Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Vespasian
Vespasian

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
. He was a son of a contracted labourer, who each summer crossed the Po to assist the Sabines with their harvests.

Petro was born and raised in Reate. He fought for Pompey
Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
 in the civil war and as a centurion or a volunteer reservist. Leaving the battlefield of Pharsalus in Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, he secured a discharge with a full pardon and became a tax collector.






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Titus Flavius Petro (flourished 1st century BC) was the paternal grandfather of the Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Vespasian
Vespasian

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
. He was a son of a contracted labourer, who each summer crossed the Po to assist the Sabines with their harvests.

Petro was born and raised in Reate. He fought for Pompey
Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
 in the civil war and as a centurion or a volunteer reservist. Leaving the battlefield of Pharsalus in Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, he secured a discharge with a full pardon and became a tax collector. He married a woman called Tertulla and had a son Titus Flavius Sabinus
Titus Flavius Sabinus (father of Vespasian)

See also Titus Flavius Sabinus for other men of this name.Titus Flavius Sabinus, was the son of Titus Flavius Petro and Tertulla. He was an Equestrian from Reate in the Sabina region of Italy....
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