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In the year 70 CE, at the the closing stages of the First Jewish War, The Romans finally entered Jerusalem. Unable to knock down the substantial stonework of the outer Temple wall, the general Titus gave orders to set fire to the gate.
Once the gate was destroyed, a Roman soldier entered the courtyard and, contravening a decision of Titus, threw a burning torch into a room of the Temple. In the general confusion that followed, other soldiers set fire to the whole of the inner sanctuary.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 11y agoThere was a faction among the Jews which wanted to fight back against the Roman occupation. Since the Romans couldn't always tell the Jews apart, they decided to destroy the whole city of Jerusalem (Talmud, Gittin 56b).
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∙ 14y agoBecause as long as the Temple existed, it was a perfectly good symbol of whose authority the Jews
REALLY intended to follow, and as long as that was the authority they chose to follow, their attitude
toward the authority of Rome was pretty uncooperative.
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∙ 11y agoRather than rewrite two good questions, please see the Related Questions.
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∙ 12y agoTher Romans did destroy the temple in Jerusalem in 70 a.D. It has never been rebuilt.
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∙ 13y agothey wanted to use them as slaves
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