


Such a run of events does not contradict any of the theories which have been suggested for the Flavian conduct after the conclusion of the war, be it imagined to have been guided by private dynastic requirements (Goodman 2007) by the needs of a state torn until recently by civil war (Yakobson forthcoming) or, finally, by routine protocol in the aftermath of great campaigns of conquest (Gambash 2013). "Available evidence has thus far suggested that the actions of Vespasian and Titus with regard to the first Jewish revolt proceeded uninterrupted from conducting the campaign for the conquest of Judea to commemorating it appropriately, in grand manner.
