History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . erand gazed at the sky Avith eyesfull of tears and , he exclaimed, must Idie so soon? In all my life Ihave, however, but one thing torepent. What Avas this ? Xoone khows. Let us not investi-gate,^ nor state on the other handthat the shortness of this reigndid not leave time for his love of the public good to expire, forpopular praise to groAV faint, and for obstacles to rise in his path.^Good name among emperors is too rare for us to refuse Titus theappellation bestoAved on him by his co
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . erand gazed at the sky Avith eyesfull of tears and , he exclaimed, must Idie so soon? In all my life Ihave, however, but one thing torepent. What Avas this ? Xoone khows. Let us not investi-gate,^ nor state on the other handthat the shortness of this reigndid not leave time for his love of the public good to expire, forpopular praise to groAV faint, and for obstacles to rise in his path.^Good name among emperors is too rare for us to refuse Titus theappellation bestoAved on him by his contemporaries : the Delightof the human race. Some Avriters have alluded to poison Avhich Domitian Avasreputed to have given him; but Suetonius, Avho is so prone toaccept sinister rumours, does not believe this, and the physiciansof Titus told Plutarch that this prince was killed by the injudicioususe of Avarm baths. The Jcavs had much fuller information aboutthis premature death, and the Talmud still relates that as Tituswas returning to Italy Avith the sacred A^essels Avhich he had taken. Apotheosis of Titus. Was it the murder of Cajciua without form of trial ?? From a bas-relief on the triumphal arch of this prince. ^ This is the opmiou of Dion, Zonaras, Ausonius, etc. brevitate re<jm. Julian, lesCésars, 7. reproaclies him with lax morals. 680 THE CESARS AND THK FLAVII, 14 TO 9(j from the temj^le of Jehovah he was assailed by a furious god of the Jews, he exclaimed, has power then only on thesea where he has already overwhelmed Pharaoh. If lie is reallyGod, let him fight with me on land. At these words a voicereplied : Wretch, thou child of a wietch, I have created aninfinitely little creature ; and it shall fight for me. The instantTitus had touched the shore of Italy a gnat crept into his nostrilsand lodged in his brain, which it gnawed for seven years. Oneday the prince was passing by a blacksmiths forge and the noiseof the hammer on the anvil s
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