Two years later, he came to power when the Danube and Syrian legions declared for him, and his general Antonius Primus defeated Vitellius, his predecessor.  
Soon after his ascension he made his nephew, Petillius Cerialis, governor of Britain.  He executed the stoic philosopher Helvidius Priscus for speaking out against him, four years after he had appointed Quintilian the first state teacher of rhetoric.  This man's rise began with his successful siege and victory at Jotapata in Judea, where he forced the surrender of Josephus.  Two years later, he came to power when the Danube and Syrian legions declared for him, and his general Antonius Primus defeated Vitellius, his predecessor.  FTP, name this fourth Roman emperor in AD 69, the founder of the Flavian dynasty, who would be succeeded by his son Titus.
Soon after his ascension he made his nephew, Petillius Cerialis, governor of Britain.  
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus