Vespasian was sent out by Nero to suppress a revolt by the Judeans. He left behind his eldest son Titus, who captured Jerusalem in AD 70. Both come back and they're voted a triumph by the Senate. But it is all a bit bogus though, says historian Tom Boulden. 'Judea had already been a part of the Roman Empire'
At its peak, the Roman Empire was perhaps the greatest civilisation in history. But like so many cultures before and after it, it declined and finally ended.
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