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66–135 CE (70 years) Location. Roman Judea, Egypt, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, Mesopotamia. Result. Roman victory: Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Widespread destruction in Judea and diaspora of many survivors. Separation of Christianity from Judaism. Consolidation of non-messianic Jewish sects into Rabbinic Judaism.
66–135 CE (70 years) Location. Roman Judea, Egypt, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, Mesopotamia. Result. Roman victory: Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Widespread destruction in Judea and diaspora of many survivors. Separation of Christianity from Judaism. Consolidation of non-messianic Jewish sects into Rabbinic Judaism.
- 66-135 CE (70 years)
The Jewish War or Judean War (in full History of the Jewish War against the Romans; Greek: Ἱστορία Ἰουδαϊκοῦ πολέμου πρὸς Ῥωμαίους, Ηistoria Ioudaikou polemou pros Rōmaious), also referred to in English as The Wars of the Jews, is a book written by Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian.
- History
- c. AD 75
- Flavius Josephus's Books of the History of the Jewish War against the Romans
- Josephus
The escalation of tensions finally erupted as the First Jewish–Roman War, which began in the year 66 CE. Initial hostilities were due to Greek and Jewish religious tensions but later escalated due to anti-taxation protests and attacks upon Roman citizens. [9] .
- 115–117
- Status quo ante bellum
- Roman victory
The Jewish–Roman Wars is the name given to a number of revolts of Jews in the province of Judea in the Roman Empire. These were directed against the Roman rule. First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 AD) – also called the First Jewish Revolt or the Great Jewish Revolt.
The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt (Hebrew: המרד הגדול ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), or The Jewish War, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire fought in Roman-controlled Judea, resulting in the destruction of Jewish towns, the displacement of its people and ...
Jewish–Roman tensions resulted in several Jewish–Roman wars between the years 66 and 135 CE, which resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple and the institution of the Jewish Tax in 70 (those who paid the tax were exempt from the obligation of making sacrifices to the Roman imperial cult ).
