Ancient Rome · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Destruction of the Second Temple (AD 70)
On the Ancient Rome map as “The Temple destroyed”
AD 70 — Titus takes Jerusalem after a siege of famine and factional war; the Second Temple burns. Josephus’ death toll is not believable; the catastrophe is. Remember.
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- Site of memory
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- Pax Romana (chapter 7 of Ancient Rome)
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- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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