 Some of Suetonius ' other comments on Titus ' reign mention the baths and events in the amphitheatre . Since Titus did not survive long after the end of the opening games , it is likely that these events took place during the days of the inauguration . Suetonius says that Titus promised for one day to forgo his own preferences and allow the crowd to decide the fate of the gladiators competing in the arena . He admired the Thracian gladiators , and while arguing passionately with the crowd on the subject , did not let his preferences sway him from his promise . He had some informers and their managers whipped and paraded in the arena . Some were sold as slaves in an auction and others sent away to " the most forbidding islands " . Suetonius also records that Titus invited some senators , whom he had pardoned for plotting against him , to sit with him during one of the days of the games , and to inspect the swords of the gladiators , a statement that is reinforced to some degree by Dio who remarks that Titus had no senators put to death during his reign . 
