{ "item_title" : "Titus", "item_author" : [" Gordon J. MacKenzie "], "item_description" : "Conqueror of Jerusalem. Beloved of Rome.Titus ruled the Roman Empire for barely more than two years, yet his name survived with an affection granted to few emperors.The son of Vespasian and heir to the new Flavian dynasty, Titus was forged by military service, civil war and the brutal struggle for Roman power. His greatest victory came in 70 CE, when he commanded the siege of Jerusalem. The city fell, the Temple was destroyed, and Titus returned to Rome as a celebrated conqueror. For Rome it was triumph. For Jewish history it was catastrophe.Yet the feared general who eventually inherited the throne surprised Rome.Titus rejected the atmosphere of suspicion that had surrounded him as heir and cultivated a reputation for clemency, generosity and public duty. Almost immediately his short reign was tested by extraordinary disasters. Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum. Fire devastated Rome. Disease followed. Through each crisis Titus presented himself not merely as emperor, but as protector and comforter.His reign also witnessed the opening of the Flavian Amphitheatre, later known as the Colosseum, one of the most enduring monuments of the Roman world.But behind the beloved emperor stood a far more complicated man: soldier, conqueror, political heir, lover of the Jewish queen Berenice, master of imperial power and participant in a system built upon conquest, hierarchy and violence.Titus: The Emperor of Fire and Mercy follows his remarkable journey from a family born outside Rome's oldest aristocratic elite to the summit of imperial power. It explores Jerusalem, the rise of the Flavian dynasty, his relationship with Vespasian and Domitian, the political controversy surrounding Berenice, the disasters that defined his reign, the opening of the Colosseum and the sudden death that transformed affection into legend.Neither saint nor monster, Titus remains one of the great contradictions of Roman history: merciful yet imperial, generous yet formed by conquest, beloved in Rome yet forever associated with the destruction of Jerusalem. The manuscript deliberately examines both sides of that legacy rather than treating Roman victory uncritically.Masters of the Roman World brings to life the emperors, generals and political figures whose ambitions shaped one of history's greatest empires.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/193/9798191931760_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "17.99", "online_price" : "17.99", "our_price" : "17.99", "club_price" : "17.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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