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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4860577, member: 39084&quot;]Years ago (2017) I posted a moderately detailed writeup of Titus when I illustrated my collection of Titus&#039;s coins (dupondius, sestertius, denarius, and aureus).&nbsp; It&#039;s long so I won&#039;t repeat it -- you can find it here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-titus.303451/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-titus.303451/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-titus.303451/</a> -- but I found one of Titus&#039;s most notable virtues to be this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>...when Titus succeeded his father in 79 AD, he proved to be the effective and thoughtful leader that Rome deserved. One of his first acts as Emperor was to stop the practice of using trials based on treason charges to arrest and execute political opponents; these trials had been used extensively under Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero, but Titus declared:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>“It is impossible for me to be insulted or abused in any way. For I do naught that deserves censure, and I care not for what is reported falsely. As for the emperors who are dead and gone, they will avenge themselves in case anyone does them a wrong, if in very truth they are demigods and possess any power.”</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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