▁common ▁names ▁throughout ▁Roman ▁history . ▁It ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁both ▁pat ric ian ▁and ▁ple be ian ▁families , ▁and ▁gave ▁rise ▁to ▁the ▁patron ym ic ▁gens ▁Tit ia . ▁The ▁femin ine ▁form ▁is ▁T ita ▁or ▁Tit ia . ▁It ▁was ▁regularly ▁abbre vi ated ▁T . ▁ ▁For ▁most ▁of ▁Roman ▁history , ▁Tit us ▁was ▁the ▁sixth ▁most ▁common ▁pra en omen , ▁following ▁Lu cius , ▁G ai us , ▁Marcus , ▁Pub lius , ▁and ▁Quint us . ▁While ▁not ▁used ▁by ▁every ▁family , ▁it ▁was ▁widely ▁used ▁by ▁all ▁social ▁classes ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁favorite ▁of ▁many ▁families . ▁The ▁name ▁surv ived ▁the ▁Roman ▁Empire , ▁and ▁has ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁used , ▁in ▁various ▁forms , ▁into ▁modern ▁times . ▁ ▁Origin ▁and ▁meaning ▁The ▁original ▁meaning ▁of ▁Tit us ▁is ▁obsc ure , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁widely ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁Rome ▁during ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Rom ulus , ▁the ▁founder ▁and ▁first ▁king ▁of ▁Rome . ▁Early ▁in ▁his ▁reign , ▁a ▁war ▁with ▁the ▁Sab ines ▁ended ▁with ▁the ▁migration ▁of ▁a ▁great ▁many ▁Sab ine ▁families ▁to ▁Rome , ▁and ▁Tit us ▁T ati us , ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁Sab ine ▁town ▁of ▁C ures , ▁becoming ▁co - reg ent ▁with ▁Rom ulus . ▁Tit us ▁would ▁thus ▁have ▁been ▁an ▁O scan ▁pra en omen ▁introduced ▁to ▁Rome , ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁regarded ▁as ▁Latin . ▁This ▁explanation ▁is ▁accepted ▁by ▁Ch ase