The Roman Empire in the early 1st century CE was often regarded as the perfect empire. The outstanding military prowess of the Romans was used to expand the empire, and once the territories were acceptably pacified, Roman political power was installed from the capital of the empire to the local governments of the territories.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/823/the-great-jewish-revolt-of-66-ce/.