Titus Flavius Sabinus (consul 45)
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See also Titus Flavius Sabinus for other men of this name.
Titus Flavius Sabinus was the elder son of Titus Flavius Sabinus.
Along with his younger brother Vespasian, he served in the Roman conquest of Britain in 43, during the reign of the Emperor Claudius. He was consul in 45, governor of Moesia from 50 to 56, and from 57-69 was Prefect of the city of Rome.
Sabinus was an important supporter of his brother: when Vespasian found himself in financial difficulties while governor of Africa, Sabinus lent him the money to continue, and while Vespasian was governor of Iudaea Sabinus was a vital source of information on events in Rome. However in 69, the Year of Four Emperors, as Vespasian advanced to Rome, Sabinus was besieged on the Capitoline Hill before being put to death by the Emperor Vitellius, and did not live to see his brother take over the Empire.
He had a son, Titus Flavius Sabinus (consul 69).
[edit] References
- Tacitus, Histories
- Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars
- Cassius Dio, Roman History
- Arnold Blumberg (ed) (1995), Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?: Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History
