Titius

Tĭtĭus, i, m.; Tĭtĭa, ae, f.,

• the name of a Roman gens; e. g. Sex. Titius, a tribune of the people, whose motions so much resembled dancing that a certain dance was named Titius after him, Cic. Brut. 62, 225; id. de Or. 2, 11, 48.—
• II Titius Septimius, to whom is addressed Hor. C. 2, 6; cf. id. Ep. 1, 9, 1. — Hence,
• • A Tĭtĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Titius, Titian: lex, Cic. Mur. 8, 18; id. Leg. 2, 6, 14; Val. Max. 8, 1, 3; Dig. 11, 5, 3: atrium, Liv. 39, 44, 7: sodales, appointed for the Sabine worship by king Titus Tatius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 85 Müll.; Tac. A. 1, 54; Luc. 1, 602.—Called also TITIALES, Inscr. Orell. 2432; cf. also SODALIS TITIENSIS, Inscr. Murat. 299.—
  • B Tĭ-tĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Titius, Titian: fundus, Dig. 23, 3, 50; ib. 45, 1, 85.—
  • C Tĭtĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to king Titus Tatius; v. sodalis, A. —Subst.: Tĭtĭenses, ĭum, m., for the usual Tatienses, one of the three Roman equestrian centuries; v. Tatius; also abbrev. Tĭtĭens, ĭum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 81; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 31.

Titius, a, I) ein römischer Geschlechtsname. Bekannt ist Sext. Titius, ein Volkstribun, dessen Gang so tänzermäßig war, daß ein Tanz nach ihm Titius genannt wurde, Cic. Brut. 225. – Dav.: A) Titius, a, um, titisch, lex, Cic. u.a.: atrium, Liv. – B) Titiānus, a, um, titianisch, fundus, ICt. – II) vom sabinischen Könige Titus Tatius angeordnet, sodales, ein die sabinischen Sakra besorgendes Priesterkollegium, Varro LL. 5, 85. Tac. ann. 1, 54. Lucan. 1, 602, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 934: Sing. sodalis Titius, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 913 u. 1349. – dieselben (sodales) Titiales, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 218819.

1 Tĭtĭus, (11) ĭī, m. , nom de famille rom. : Cic. Br. 225 ; Hor. O. 2, 6, 1.

2 Tĭtĭus, (11) a, um, de Titius : Cic. Mur. 18 ; Leg. 2, 14 ; Val. Max. 8, 1, 3.

Ti'tius

a Roman sculptor, whose name appears on two inscriptions, the one published by Boissard (Antiq. Roman. p. iii. fig. 132), the other in the Museum of the Louvre. From the latter it seems, though there is some doubt as to the true reading of the inscription, that the artist's full name was Titius Gemellus. (Sillig, Catal. Artif. s. v. ; R. Rochette. Lettre à M. Schorn, p. 419.) [P.S]

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1. C. Titius, a Roman eques, and an orator of considerable merit, who, according to Cicero, obtained as much excellence as was possible without a knowledge of Greek literature, and without great practice. He left orations behind him, and likewise some tragedies. Cicero makes him a contemporary of Antonius and Crassus, who lived from B. C. 148 to 87; and this agrees with the statement of Macrobius, who calls him vir aetatis Lucilianae, for Lucilius was born in B. C. 148, and died in 103. It appears, however, that Titius ought to be placed a little earlier, since Macrobius likewise says that Titius spoke in favour of the Sumtuaria Lex of Fannius, which, we know, was enacted in B. C. 161. It is therefore probable that Titius spoke in favour of this law when he was quite a young man. (Cic Brut. 45 ; Macr. 2.9, 12; Meyer, Oratorum Romanorum Fragmenta, p. 203, foil., 2d ed.)

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2. C. Titius, a man who gained his living by pleading causes, but certainly a different person from the preceding, excited a mutiny of the soldiers against the consul L. Porcius Cato in B. C. 89, but nevertheless escaped punishment. (Dio Cass. Fragm. 114, p. 46, Reimar.) [Cato, No. 7.]

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3. SEX. TITIUS, a seditious tribune of the plebs, B. C. 99, attempted to follow in the steps of Saturninus and Glaucia, who had perished in the preceding year, but was vigorously resisted by the orator M. Antonius, who was then consul. He was afterwards condemned for having a statue of Saturninus in his house. Cicero says (Brut. 62) that Titius was fluent, and with a fair measure of acuteness, but so extravagant in his gestures, that a dance was called after his name. (Cic. de Orat. 2.11, 66, pro C. Rabir. 9.)

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4. L. Titius, a Roman citizen residing at Agrigentum, was robbed of his ring by Verres. (Cic. Ver. 4.26.)

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5. T. Titius T. F. one of the legates of Cn. Pompeius, when the latter was intrusted with the superintendence of the corn-market. (Cic. Fam. 13.58.)

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6. C. Titius Rufus, L. F., praetor urbanus B. C. 50. (Cic. Fam. 13.58.)

7 and 8. C. Titius Strabo and L. Titius Strabo. [Strabo.]

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9. Q. Titius, was sent by Caesar into Epeirus in B. C. 48 to obtain corn for his troops. (Caes. Civ. 3.42.)

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10. L. Titius, a tribune of the soldiers in the Alexandrine war, B. C. 48. (Hirt. B. Alex. 57.)

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11. P. Titius, tribune of the plebs, B. C. 43, proposed the law for the creation of the triumvirs in that year. Shortly before this he had deprived his colleague P. Servilius Casca of his tribunate, because the latter fled from Rome, fearing the vengeance of Octavianus on account of the part he had taken in the assassination of Caesar. Titius died soon after, during his year of office, thus confirming the superstition, that whoever deprived a colleague of his magistracy, never lived to see the end of his own official year. (Appian, App. BC 4.7 ; D. C. 46.49; Cic. Fam. 10.12.3, 10.21.3.)

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12. M. Titius, was proscribed by the triumvirs in B. C. 43, and escaped to Sex. Pompeius in Sicily. He married Munatia, the sister of L. Munatius Plancus, the orator, by whom he had a son [No. 13]. (D. C. 48.30; Vell. 2.83.)

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13. M. Titius, the son of the preceding, raised a fleet on his own account during the civil wars which followed the death of Caesar, but was taken prisoner in B. C. 40 off the coast of Gallia Narbonensis by Menas, the admiral of Sex. Pompeius. He was, however, spared by Sex. Pompeius, chiefly for the sake of his father, who was then living with Pompeius in Sicily. By the peace of Misenum, concluded in the following year (B. C. 39) between Pompeius and the triumvirs, Titius returned to Italy (D. C. 48.30). Titius now entered the service of Antonius and served as his quaestor in the campaign against the Parthians in B. C. 36 (Plut. Ant. 42). In the following year (B. C. 35), Titius received the command of some troops from L. Munatius Plancus, the governor of Syria, in order to oppose Sex. Pompeius, who had fled from Sicily to Asia. Pompeius was shortly after taken prisoner and brought to Miletus, where he was murdered by Titius, although the latter owed his life to him. Titius, however, had probably received orders from Plancus or Antonius to put him to death [Pompeius, p. 491a]. (Appian, App. BC 5.134, 136, 140, 142, 144; D. C. 49.18 ; Vell. 2.79). This, however, was not the only act of ingratitude committed by Titius, for in B. C. 32 he deserted Antonius, and went over to Octavianus along with his uncle Plancus. He was rewarded for his treachery by being made one of the consuls (suffecti) in B. C. 31. He served under Octavianus in the war against his former patron, and, along with Statilius Taurus, had the command of the land forces. Shortly before the battle of Actium he put Antony's cavalry to the rout. (D. C. 1. 3, 13; Plut. Ant. 58 ; Vell. 2.83.)

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14. Q. Titius, occurs on coins, but cannot be referred with certainty to any of the preceding persons. Whom the head on the obverse represents is uncertain : on the reverse is Pegasus. (Eckhel, vol. v. p. 325.)

Ti'tius Aquili'nus

consul under Hadrian, A. D 125, with Valerius Asiaticus. (Fasti.)

Ti'tius Julia'nus

[Tettius, No. 3.]

Ti'tius Perpe'tuus

[Perpetuus.]

Ti'tius Pro'culus

[Proculus.]

Ti'tius Rufus

[Rufus.]

Ti'tius Sabi'nus

[Sabinus.]

Ti'tius Septi'mius

[Septimius.]