It is claimed that the Roman theology of Victory fueled the family's goal to destroy Jerusalem and their imperial ambition. It is not clear who was the first Flavian to convert to Christianity; possible converts include Vespasian's nephew Titus Flavius Clemens and his wife Flavia Domitilla. According to the legendary sixth-century Acts of Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Pope Clement I —whose name clearly references the Flavian family—was the son of Titus Flavius Sabinus. In the First Epistle of Clement, Clement's epistle to the Christians of Corinth, Atwill argued, Pope Clement describes himself as being like a Roman prefect, giving orders to his soldiers which he expects to be obeyed (1 Clem. 37:2-3). Atwill speculates that Saint Veronica may be the same person as Berenice, mistress of Emperor Titus.