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{{short description|1st century Roman senator and consul}}
{{similar names|Titus Flavius Sabinus (disambiguation){{!}}Titus Flavius Sabinus}}
'''Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Sabinus''' was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Roman senate|senator]], who was active during the second half of the first century AD. He was the son of [[Titus Flavius Sabinus (consul AD 69)|Titus Flavius Sabinus]], [[Roman consul|consul]] ''suffectus'' in AD 69.<ref>Gavin Townend, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/298836 "Some Flavian Connections"], ''[[Journal of Roman Studies]]'', 51 (1961), pp. 55-57</ref> In that year the younger Sabinus was besieged with his grandfather in the Capitol, but escaped when it was burnt down. He married [[Julia Flavia]], the daughter of his cousin, the future emperor [[Titus]].
Sabinus was consul with his cousin, the emperor [[Domitian]], in AD 82,<ref>Paul Gallivan, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/638472 "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96"], ''[[Classical Quarterly]]'', 31 (1981), pp. 190, 215</ref> but was afterwards slain by the emperor, on the frivolous pretext that the herald in proclaiming his consulship had called him ''Imperator'' instead of ''consul''.  Domitian's love for Sabinus' wife was perhaps the real reason for his death.
Sabinus' brother was [[Titus Flavius Clemens (consul)|Titus Flavius Clemens]], [[Roman consul|consul]] in 95.
==Family tree==
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== References ==
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==Sources==
*[[Tacitus]], ''[[Histories (Tacitus)|Histories]]''
*[[Philostratus]], ''[[Life of Apollonius of Tyana]]''
*[[Suetonius]], ''Lives of the Twelve Caesars''
*[[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History''
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{{s-aft|after= ? Servaeus Innocens, and<br/>[[Lucius Salvius Otho Cocceianus (consul 82)|Lucius Salvius Otho Cocceianus]] |as=suffect consuls}}
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