Soon Roman legions invaded the holy city under the command of Titus, the future Roman Empire. Despite resistence by the Jewish defenders, they were defeated. As the fighting continued to Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount a Roman soldier threw a burning flame into the Temple of Herod which started a fire. Titus did not want to destroy the Temple but instead he wanted to the transform it into a new temple, dedicated to the Roman Emperor. The fire soon got out of control and the outer Temple walls were destroyed and their stones were thrown to the streets below by the Roman soldiers. Most of the Temple expansions King Herod the Great had made years earlier were also destroyed, including Robinson's Arch. The fire in the Temple also destroyed many other building in Jerusalem.