aug 9, 70 - Destruction Of Temple

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Jewish revolt (AD66) AD70- Future emperor Titus besieged Rome, destroyed temple expanded under late King Herod the Great.

Jewish Historian, Josephus. Captured in AD69, one of our main sources. AD70- Inside Jerusalem- famine, civil war, starvation, executions.
Josephus, 'The Jewish War': Cannibalism, mass death, chaos. Romans breach the walls and burn the temple, the symbolic dwelling place of God. Collapse of Sadducean power, temple priesthood, and sacrifices. Rabbinic Judaism emerged from this. Christianity became gentile rather than Jewish sect.
Tacitus, Roman historian, senator: 'Annals'15.44- Great Fire of Rome under Nero AD64, blames Christians.

Archaeology: Burn layers, destruction debris, ash, collapsed stone. Roman arrowheads, siege remains, ballista stone.
Arch of Titus in Rome: Roman soldiers carrying temple objects like the menorah, trumpets, sacred vessels.

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