Titus built the Second Temple.
The Second Temple ( בֵּית ־ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי , Beit HaMikdash HaSheni ) was the Jewish Holy Temple which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period , between 516 BCE and 70 CE . Titus ( Titus Flāvius Caesar Vespasiānus Augustus 30 December 39 AD -- 13 September 81 AD ) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81 . In 70 , he besieged and captured Jerusalem , and destroyed the city and the Second Temple .