Nyora kupfuurira nokuda kwendima iyi - Mukati mechirimo cha 71, Tito akafamba nechikepe achienda kuRoma. Gavhuna mutsva wehondo ipapo akagadzwa achibva Roma, Sextus Lucilius Bassus, ane basa rakagoverwa rakanga riri rokuita mibato yo"kuchenesa" muJudhea. Nomuzvarirwo, akashandisa X "Fretensis" kupikisa nhare shomanene dzakanga dzasara dzakanga dzichiri kurwisa. Sechikamu cheizvi, X "Fretensis" akatora Herodium, ndokuzoyambuka Jorodhani kunotora nhare yeMachaerus pamhenderekedzo yeGungwa Rakafa. Nemhaka yokurwara, Bassus haana kurarama kuti apedze basa rake. Lucius Flavius Silva akamutsiva, ndokuenda kunorwisa nhare yokupedzisira yechiJudha, Masada
, zvichida mumatsutso a72. Akashandisa Legion X, mauto ebetsero, uye zviuru zvavasungwa vechiJudha. Pashure pokunge mirairo yake yokuzviisa pasi yarambwa, Silva akagadza misasa mikuru inoverengeka uye rusvingo rwokukomberedza runopoteredza nhare. Apo vaRoma pakupedzisira vakaputsa masvingo enhare iyi, vakawana kuti vadziviriri vechiJudha vakanga vasarudza rufu kupfurikidza nokuzviuraya kweboka.