id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-784 Vespasian - Wikipedia .html text/html 6978 801 64 Vespasian (/vɛˈspeɪʒ(i)ən, -ziən/; Latin: Vespasianus [wɛs.pasiˈa:nʊs]; 17 November AD 9 – 23/24 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The Roman legions of Roman Egypt and Judaea reacted by declaring Vespasian, their commander, the emperor on 1 July 69.[8] In his bid for imperial power, Vespasian joined forces with Mucianus, the governor of Syria, and Primus, a general in Pannonia, leaving his son Titus to command the besieging forces at Jerusalem. Roman Emperor Nero sends Vespasian with an army to put down the Jewish revolt, 66 AD (depiction of 1503) The praefectus Aegypti was Tiberius Julius Alexander, who had been governor since Nero's reign.[20]:13 He proclaimed Vespasian emperor at Alexandria on 1 July 69 AD.[20]:13 The prefect was himself of Hellenized Jewish descent and related to Philo of Alexandria.[20]:13 The importance of the Egyptian grain harvest (Latin: claustra annonae, lit. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-784.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-784.txt