 It is now believed that his biography is fictitious, and that he may be based on person named Quartinus mentioned by the historian Herodian.According to the "Historia Augusta", Titus was a tribune of the Moors, who had been deposed by Maximinus and transferred to a civilian position.After the revolt of Magnus had been crushed, Titus, fearing for his life, reluctantly seized the power, having the purple compelled on him by his soldiers.