70 · Middle East · War
Roman forces under Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the Second Temple after the Jewish revolt.
Atlas dossier · Christian AgeFree device narration · synchronized English captions · transcript available
Why it matters
‘There shall not be left here one stone upon another.’ — Matthew 24:2 (KJV)
Roman forces under Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the Second Temple after the Jewish revolt.
Titus · Josephus · Jewish rebels and civilians
The catastrophe transformed Judaism, early Christianity and the politics of the eastern Mediterranean.
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Interpretation note
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