Was Roman Emperor Titus a nice/friendly person? Or did he have any traits similar to a policeman?

Question

I need at least two. So far I was thinking of his interests in saving people, what else? Was he a nice person?

I need something that has to do with his personality as a person/his similarities to a policeman; the background history I have covered. thanks though

Answer 1

You can check him out in Suetonius, "Lives of the Twelve Caesars." He was the younger son of Vespasian. He died young of natural causes. Of him it was said (as of some others) "Those whom the Romans love die young." Jews have a different view. Titus campaigned in the middle east to destroy the temple, conquer the Jews, and disperse them (because of rebellion). There is a monument in Rome, the Arch of Titus. I have read, but I do not know, that Jews say among themselves that if a Jew passes under that arch, (s)he ceases to be a Jew. Titus is a beneficent, comic character in G.B. Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion." Titus may be in Plutarch's "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans," but I don't remember. Seek him there.

Answer 2

As it has been said, try Suetonius, Tacitus. You can also try rabbinics for a different perspective, though you won't find much about his administration there. I researched him a while ago because i was curious about his place on the Franks Casket and here is what I found (a 7-9th-we do not know- century object from Northumbria, again we do not know, it was found in France in the XIXth century and its history was not tracked by its owners).
He is famous for destroying the temple of Jerusalem, but aside from that, sources were very flattering concerning him. Josephus, a jewish historian who wrote the jewish antiquities, and a history of the wars, contemporary to Titus, viewed him as a virtuous person. Then again, he was cast out by the jewish community.
Lactantius, who wrote a virulent history against anyone persecuting christians in the 4th century, skipped over him, so again, the destruction of the temple did not bother Lactantius. Bede, a seventh century cleric, in chapter 66 of his work on Time (de temporibus- the reckoning of time) said that he was the delight of humankind, a view which he took from St Jerome's world chronicle (written in the 5th century).
Bottomline, Titus reigned only two years, so it is likely that he did not really do much insofar as administration of the empire (for that Suetonius and Tacitus are your sources). But Judeo-Christian sources did not hold him in contempt, even though he destroyed the temple of Jerusalem (Lactantius, Bede, Jerome, Josephus). I am not sure what rabbinics have to say about him though.
Don't let the Shakespearian homonym fool you.

Answer 3

He is famous for saying 'I have lost a day!' when he found he hadn't benefited anyone. So, a nice, friendly person. But isn't there something a bit corny about the saying? In a sense Titus was lucky to die so soon. Gaius and Nero both started with the same sort of liberality and profusion.
Jews don't like him much though.

Answer 4

In talking about Roman emperors Vespasian was a good able ruler, not vindictive, able, and down to earth. His son Titus followed him, who was noted for his charm. He was popular during his brief rule of 79 to 81 A.D. He spent a lot of money for the people, and was was attentive to the provinces. He was a nice person, not dictatorial. However, he was emperor for too short a time to make definite assessments about him. Domitian, his brother who followed him, was extremely cruel and inept. Domitian may have had Titus poisoned.