Titus Flavius Sabinus (father of Vespasian)
# Titus Flavius Sabinus (father of Vespasian)

Titus Flavius T. f. Sabinus was a Roman eques and the father of the emperor Vespasian.

Sabinus came from Reate in the Sabine region of Italy, the son of Titus Flavius Petro and his wife, Tertulla. He served as a customs official and then as a banker in the province of Asia, where he was honoured with statues dedicated "To an Honest Tax-gatherer", and later as a banker at Aventicum among the Helvetii in Gaul, where he died.

With his wife Vespasia Polla he had at least two sons, the consul Titus Flavius Sabinus, and Titus Flavius Vespasianus, the future emperor Vespasian; and also a daughter who died in infancy, Flavia Vespasia.

## Family tree

vteFLAVIAN DYNASTY detailed family tree :

Titus Flavius PetroTertullaVespasius PollioJulia the Younger

Titus Flavius SabinusVespasia PollaVespasius (praetor)Aemilia LepidaAgrippina the ElderGermanicus

Titus Flavius SabinusVespasian (69–79)Domitilla the ElderFlavia (died young)Junia LepidaVistilia

Titus Flavius SabinusDomitilla the YoungerTitus (79–81)Arrecina TertullaCassia LonginaGnaeus Domitius CorbuloCaesoniaCaligula (37–41)

Titus Flavius SabinusTitus Flavius ClemensFlavia DomitillaJulia FlaviaDomitian (81–96)Domitia LonginaDomitia

Flavius Caesar :

## Sources

* 1 2 Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum, Vespasian 1.
