 Pasinei zvapo nokunetseka kwokutanga pamusoro pomunhu wake, Titus akatonga nokurumbidzwa kukuru pashure porufu rwaVespasian pana June 23, 79, uye akanzi mambo akanaka naSuetonius navamwe vezvenhau vomunguva iyoyo. Muchiitiko ichi anozivikanwa zvikuru nehurongwa hwake hwokuvaka muRoma, uye kupedza kuvakwa kweColosseum muna 80, asiwo nokuda kworupo rwake mukubvisa kutambura kwakakonzerwa nenjodzi mbiri, kuputika kweGomo reVesuvius muna 79, uye moto weRoma wa80. Titus akaenderera mberi nebasa rababa vake rokusimudzira umambo hwaFlavian. Akamutsidzira tsika yokunamata mambo, akakudza baba vake, uye akavaka nheyo dzetemberi yaizova yaVespasian naTitus, iyo yakapedzwa naDomitian. Papera makore maviri chete Titus ava mutungamiriri, musi wa13 September 81 C.E., akafa nechirwere chefivha uye Dare reSeneti rakamuita mwari. 