bin us ' ▁arrival . ▁ ▁Im medi ately ▁upon ▁his ▁arrival ▁in ▁Jerusalem , ▁Al bin us ▁began ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁sic ari i ▁from ▁the ▁region . ▁Joseph us ▁also ▁records ▁that ▁Al bin us ▁became ▁the ▁friend ▁of ▁a ▁High ▁Pri est ▁named ▁An an ias ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁priest ' s ▁gift - g iving . ▁The ▁sic ari i ▁respond ed ▁to ▁Al bin us ' s ▁efforts ▁by ▁capt uring ▁an ▁assistant ▁to ▁the ▁priest ▁Ele azar , ▁son ▁of ▁An an ias , ▁and ▁demand ing ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁ten ▁imprison ed ▁sic ari i ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁the ▁assistant . ▁The ▁release ▁was ▁arranged ▁by ▁An an ias . ▁ ▁When ▁Al bin us ▁learned ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁succeeded ▁by ▁G ess ius ▁Flor us , ▁he ▁em pt ied ▁the ▁pr isons ▁by ▁executing ▁prisoners ▁charged ▁with ▁more ▁serious ▁off enses ▁and ▁allowing ▁the ▁remaining ▁prison ▁population ▁to ▁pay ▁for ▁their ▁release . ▁ ▁Following ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁J ude a , ▁Al bin us ▁was ▁chosen ▁by ▁N ero ▁to ▁be ▁governor ▁of ▁Ma ure t ania ▁Ca es ari ensis . ▁The ▁province ▁of ▁Ma ure t ania ▁T ing it ana ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁Al bin us ' s ▁governor ▁duties ▁by ▁the ▁Emperor ▁Gal ba . ▁Following ▁Gal ba ' s ▁death , ▁Al bin us ▁supported ▁O th o ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁of ▁political ▁an archy ▁( 6 9 ), ▁which ▁followed ▁N ero '