Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 71 A.Z., Titus ya yi tafiya zuwa Roma. Sai aka naɗa sabon gwamnan soja daga Roma, Sextus Lucilius Bassus, wanda aka ba shi aikin "tsabtace" Yahudiya. A dabi'ance, ya yi amfani da X "Fretensis" don adawa da 'yan kalilan da suka rage waɗanda har yanzu suka yi tsayayya. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan, X "Fretensis" ya ɗauki Herodium, sa'an nan kuma ya haye Urdun don kama sansanin soja na Machaerus a bakin tekun Matattu. Saboda rashin lafiya, Bassus bai rayu don kammala aikinsa ba. Lucius Flavius Silva ya maye gurbinsa, kuma ya matsa kan Yahudawa na karshe,
Masada, mai yiwuwa a cikin kaka na 72. Ya yi amfani da Legion X, sojojin taimako, da kuma dubban fursunonin Yahudawa. Bayan an ƙi umarninsa na mika wuya, Silva ya kafa sansanonin tushe da dama da kuma bangon kewaye gaba ɗaya a kusa da sansanin soja. Sa'ad da Romawa suka rushe ganuwar wannan sansanin, sun gano cewa Yahudawa da suke kāre birnin sun zaɓi su kashe kansu.