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Titus Flavius Sabinus

Titus Flavius Sabinus was the name of four notable Ancient Rome, father, son, grandson andgreat-grandson.*Titus Flavius Sabinus *Titus Flavius Sabinus ...
 for other men of this name.

Titus Flavius Sabinus, (lived 1st century BC to 1st century) was the son of Titus Flavius Petro
Titus Flavius Petro

Titus Flavius Petro was the paternal grandfather of the Roman Emperor Vespasian. He was a son of a contracted labourer, who each summer crossed the Po to assist the Sabines with their harvests....
 and Tertulla. He was an Equestrian
Equestrian (Roman)

The Roman equestrian order constituted the lower of the two aristocratic classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the Roman senate Order . A member of the order was known as an eques , which in Latin has the general meaning of any person mounted on a horse , but in this context carries the specific meaning of "knight"....
 from Reate (modern Rieti
Rieti

Rieti is a town in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake....
) in the Sabine region of Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. He served as a customs official in the province
Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
 of Asia, where he was honoured with statues dedicated "To an Honest Tax-gatherer", and later as a banker at Aventicum
Aventicum

File:Historische Karte CH Rome 1.pngFile:Limestones, gallo-romain culture, Avenches - ch.jpgAventicum was the largest town and capital of Ancient Rome Switzerland ....
 among the Helvetii
Helvetii

The Helvetii were a Celts tribe and the main occupants of the Swiss plateau in the 1st century BC. They are prominently featured in Julius Caesar Commentarii de Bello Gallico....
 in Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
, where he died.






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See also Titus Flavius Sabinus
Titus Flavius Sabinus

Titus Flavius Sabinus was the name of four notable Ancient Rome, father, son, grandson andgreat-grandson.*Titus Flavius Sabinus *Titus Flavius Sabinus ...
 for other men of this name.

Titus Flavius Sabinus, (lived 1st century BC to 1st century) was the son of Titus Flavius Petro
Titus Flavius Petro

Titus Flavius Petro was the paternal grandfather of the Roman Emperor Vespasian. He was a son of a contracted labourer, who each summer crossed the Po to assist the Sabines with their harvests....
 and Tertulla. He was an Equestrian
Equestrian (Roman)

The Roman equestrian order constituted the lower of the two aristocratic classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the Roman senate Order . A member of the order was known as an eques , which in Latin has the general meaning of any person mounted on a horse , but in this context carries the specific meaning of "knight"....
 from Reate (modern Rieti
Rieti

Rieti is a town in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake....
) in the Sabine region of Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. He served as a customs official in the province
Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
 of Asia, where he was honoured with statues dedicated "To an Honest Tax-gatherer", and later as a banker at Aventicum
Aventicum

File:Historische Karte CH Rome 1.pngFile:Limestones, gallo-romain culture, Avenches - ch.jpgAventicum was the largest town and capital of Ancient Rome Switzerland ....
 among the Helvetii
Helvetii

The Helvetii were a Celts tribe and the main occupants of the Swiss plateau in the 1st century BC. They are prominently featured in Julius Caesar Commentarii de Bello Gallico....
 in Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
, where he died. With his wife, Vespasia Polla
Vespasia Polla

Vespasia Polla was the mother of the Roman Emperor Vespasian, grandmother to Emperors to Titus and Domitian. Polla came from a good Equestrian family at Nursia....
, he had two sons, the consul Titus Flavius Sabinus
Titus Flavius Sabinus (consul 47)

See also Titus Flavius Sabinus for other men of this name.Titus Flavius Sabinus was the elder son of Titus Flavius Sabinus and Vespasia Polla....
 and the future emperor 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....
, and a daughter who died in infancy.

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    Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman Senate and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories —examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors....
    , Histories
    Histories (Tacitus)

    Histories is a book by Tacitus, written c. 100–110, which covers the Year of Four Emperors following the downfall of Nero, the rise of Vespasian, and the rule of the Flavian Dynasty up to the death of Domitian....
  • Suetonius
    Lives of the Twelve Caesars

    De vita Caesarum commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 Roman Emperor of the Roman Empire written by Suetonius....
    , On the Life of the Caesars
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