was recovered, although Jerusalem remained to be taken.
During the rapid turnover of emperors (Galba ... Vespasian quietly prepared his own bid for power. The legions of Egypt,
Judaea
, Syria and then the
Danube all declared for him, and he sent his commander Primus ahead ... late summer of 70, having left his elder son Titus in charge in
Judaea
;
Jerusalem was taken in August 70 and its population enslaved.
Vespasian's major objectives during