Jewish–Roman wars
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The Jewish–Roman wars were a series of large-scale revolts by the Jews of Judaea against the Roman Empire between 66 and 135 CE. The conflict was driven by Jewish aspirations to restore the political
Roman breach in the walls of Gamla, Golan, captured after a prolonged siege in late 67 CE
A relief on the Arch of Titus in Rome, depicting the Temple menorah and other spoils from Jerusalem carried during the triumph of 71 CE
Masada, a fortress on the southwest coast of the Dead Sea, marked the final stand of the revolt, falling to the Romans in 73 or 74 CE.
During the Bar Kokhba revolt (132 CE), Jews briefly established an independent state, minting coins like this one, depicting the former Temple and a lulav.
Josephus
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Flavius Josephus was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Roman province of Judea—to a father of priestly desc
Engraving by John Sartain, 1880
Galilee, site of Josephus's governorship, before the First Jewish–Roman War
The works of Josephus translated by Thomas Lodge (1602)
1581 German translation of Josephus's The Jewish War in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland