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Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.
The Roman destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem took place in 70 AD under the rule of the emperor Vespasian. The temple itself was destroyed by Titus, the son of Vespasian, who was the general in charge of the siege.
The Romans besieged Jerusalem. The siege was long. The Romans tried to negotiate surrender, but the Zealots prevented the people of Jerusalem from surrendering. When the city was taken, the Romans destroyed it and the Temple. A large number of people were killed and 97,000 were enslaved and taken to Rome. The Romans then took Masada, the last stronghold of resistance by the Sicarii in a fortification on top of a table mountain. The Sicarii burnt the place and committed mass suicide when the Romans were about to take Masada.
The First Temple was totally destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. when invaded Judah and sacked Jerusalem. the Second Temple was destroyed by theRomans in 70 A.D. during the Siege of Jerusalem. The Roman did not conquer Judea on that occasion. Judea was already part of the Roman Empire. The Romans suppressed a rebellion.
Jewish tradition places the Destruction of the Second Temple in the year 68 CE, not 70. See also:About the DestructionThe Jews and the RomansJewish traditional timeline
It was when Jerusalem was under siege in 70 C.E..
Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.Vespasian was emperor when Jerusalem was taken in 70 AD.
Around 70 AD
About 70 miles NW of Jerusalem.
The Roman destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem took place in 70 AD under the rule of the emperor Vespasian. The temple itself was destroyed by Titus, the son of Vespasian, who was the general in charge of the siege.
The date of the start of the construction of the Colosseum is uncertain. It was after the capture of Jerusalem in 70. It was funded with the proceeds from the loot from the destruction of Jerusalem. It was inaugurated in 80. A fourth tier was added the emperor Domitian who reigned between September 81 and September 96.
What three things did the Romans do when they retook Jerusalem in A.D.70?
What three things did the Romans do when they retook Jerusalem in A.D.70?
It will take: 1750/70 = 25 hours
The Romans besieged Jerusalem. The siege was long. The Romans tried to negotiate surrender, but the Zealots prevented the people of Jerusalem from surrendering. When the city was taken, the Romans destroyed it and the Temple. A large number of people were killed and 97,000 were enslaved and taken to Rome. The Romans then took Masada, the last stronghold of resistance by the Sicarii in a fortification on top of a table mountain. The Sicarii burnt the place and committed mass suicide when the Romans were about to take Masada.
The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 was a decisive event in the First Jewish-Roman War, followed by the fall of Masada in 73. The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus, with Tiberius Julius Alexander as his second-in-command, besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66. The city and its famous Temple were completely destroyed. The destruction of the Temple is still mourned annually as the Jewish fast Tisha B'Av, and the Arch of Titus, depicting and celebrating the sack of Jerusalem and the Temple, still stands in Rome.
The First Temple was totally destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. when invaded Judah and sacked Jerusalem. the Second Temple was destroyed by theRomans in 70 A.D. during the Siege of Jerusalem. The Roman did not conquer Judea on that occasion. Judea was already part of the Roman Empire. The Romans suppressed a rebellion.