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<p>[QUOTE="Pompeius, post: 2788041, member: 88278"]<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p><b>The Story</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="http://imgur.com/ElUxj5t" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/ElUxj5t" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/ElUxj5t</a></p><p>In the Year 66, in the reign of Nero, the Jewish revolt began. Jews had grown dissatisfied with Roman rule as a result of their taking over the position of high priest, or Kohein Gadol, as well as their disrespect towards the Jews, as shown by the following incident recorded by Josephus.</p><blockquote><p>"<i>The people had assembled in Jerusalem for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Roman cohort stood on guard over the Temple colonnade, armed men always being on duty to forestall any rioting by the vast crowds. One of the soldiers pulled up his garment and bent over indecently, turning his backside to the Jews and making a noise as indecent as his attitude...So violently did the dense mass struggle to escape that they trod on each other, and more than 30,000 were crushed to death. Thus the Feast ended in distress to the whole nation and bereavement to every household.</i>" (Josephus Jewish War 2.223)</p></blockquote><p>Riots grew all across Judea as a result of the Roman-Jewish relations being strained. But the Romans did not react well to this, and Nero asked governor Florus to plunder the Temple, and then arrest high ranking Jews. The response to this as one would think, was not good. Jerusalem was overrun by Jews, driving the Romans and their supporters out. All around Judea, Jews were overrunning fortresses and stealing weapons, like the famous assassins the Siccari, who took over Massada, where they would last until a Roman siege at the end of the war.The legate of Syria, Gellius, brought forward the XII <i>Fulminata</i>, with vexillationes of IV <i>Scythica</i> and VI <i>Ferrata, </i>who took back Sepporis in Galilee, but seeing their weakness, he ordered them sent back. But it was too late. The legion was attacked and destroyed by Jewish zealots. The victory was fine for the Jews, but it was not great, as they realized Rome would return with more troops. Jews escaped Jerusalem in fear leaving in the hands of the extremists. The Temple ordered generals to be arranged, including the famous Josephus. A strategy they decided on was to seize the ports, so no Roman force could land. Meanwhile, Nero appointed Vespasian, a veteran of Germany and Britain, perhaps his best decision as emperor, to bring down Judea.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Vespasianus01_pushkin_edit.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Flavius Vespasianus)</p><p>Titus, his son, was sent with him, while his other son Domitian was kept hostage by Nero. Leaders in Judea rose among the peasants, leaders seeking power, who were often fighting each other. Their rivalries hampered the pursuit of the war, preventing the Jews from taking Sepporis. Vespasian reinforced Sepporis, and then bringing with him the Tenth Legion <i>Fretensis, </i>and the Fifth Legion <i>Macedonia</i>, with Titus bringing the Fifteenth Legion <i>Apollinaris. </i>He went around Galilee, slowly pacifying the region, capturing leaders such as Josephus, who was saved by giving Vespasian a prophecy. Meanwhile, John of Gischala, a leader of one city captured by Vespasian, engaged in guerilla warfare in the Golan Heights, and then left to Jerusalem, where he crowned himself king. At the same time, the Temple authorities and the Zealots engaged in war with each other, with many civilians fleeing the violence and informing the Romans of it. Vespasian postponed the attack on Jerusalem until the Jews had finished fighting. The Jews, despite this, were hopeful as they had heard of the fighting in Rome, where Nero killed himself, quickly replaced by Galba, who was then assassinated, causing fighting between Vitellius and Otho. Informed about this by Titus, Vespasian decided to claim power for himself, securing support around the empire, while cutting off the food supply in Egypt. In five months he was emperor, just as Josephus predicted. Titus then besieged Jerusalem. The Jews still fought among themselves in the city, with the Zealots destroying the food supply to encourage the Jews to fight. The result as expected, was disaster. The Romans breached the walls of the city, and attacked the Temple. It fell on Tish B'av, the day on which the first temple fell, as well as the date all other disasters, such as the beginning of the Holocaust. That same day, the Temple was destroyed, by, as Josephus claims, soldiers acting against Titus' orders. The Romans killed all resistance, and it now became apparent that this was a war the Jews could not win. Titus left to Rome, leaving the Tenth Legion <i>Fretensis</i> to take down the remaining strongholds, like the famous Masada. </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p><b>Effects</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>The war was over, and with it, many effects occurred due to it. Jews of great number were sent back as slaves. At the same time, Rabbinic Judaism came into existence, as the Jewish faith transformed from a Temple based religion, to one of competing Rabbis, ensuring its survival. The Flavian dynasty came into existence, all because of the army that Vespasian had been granted to fight the revolt. The Colosseum came into existence, payed for by stolen treasures, built by Jewish slaves, under Vespasian and Titus. The coin shown below, is a denarius made to commemorate it.</p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/a/ypYif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/a/ypYif" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/a/ypYif</a></p><p>(All coins depicted are mine)</p><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p><b>Sources</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>Josephus, the War of the Jews</p><p>Livius.com[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pompeius, post: 2788041, member: 88278"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][B]The Story[/B][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] [url]http://imgur.com/ElUxj5t[/url] In the Year 66, in the reign of Nero, the Jewish revolt began. Jews had grown dissatisfied with Roman rule as a result of their taking over the position of high priest, or Kohein Gadol, as well as their disrespect towards the Jews, as shown by the following incident recorded by Josephus. [INDENT]"[I]The people had assembled in Jerusalem for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Roman cohort stood on guard over the Temple colonnade, armed men always being on duty to forestall any rioting by the vast crowds. One of the soldiers pulled up his garment and bent over indecently, turning his backside to the Jews and making a noise as indecent as his attitude...So violently did the dense mass struggle to escape that they trod on each other, and more than 30,000 were crushed to death. Thus the Feast ended in distress to the whole nation and bereavement to every household.[/I]" (Josephus Jewish War 2.223)[/INDENT] Riots grew all across Judea as a result of the Roman-Jewish relations being strained. But the Romans did not react well to this, and Nero asked governor Florus to plunder the Temple, and then arrest high ranking Jews. The response to this as one would think, was not good. Jerusalem was overrun by Jews, driving the Romans and their supporters out. All around Judea, Jews were overrunning fortresses and stealing weapons, like the famous assassins the Siccari, who took over Massada, where they would last until a Roman siege at the end of the war.The legate of Syria, Gellius, brought forward the XII [I]Fulminata[/I], with vexillationes of IV [I]Scythica[/I] and VI [I]Ferrata, [/I]who took back Sepporis in Galilee, but seeing their weakness, he ordered them sent back. But it was too late. The legion was attacked and destroyed by Jewish zealots. The victory was fine for the Jews, but it was not great, as they realized Rome would return with more troops. Jews escaped Jerusalem in fear leaving in the hands of the extremists. The Temple ordered generals to be arranged, including the famous Josephus. A strategy they decided on was to seize the ports, so no Roman force could land. Meanwhile, Nero appointed Vespasian, a veteran of Germany and Britain, perhaps his best decision as emperor, to bring down Judea. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Vespasianus01_pushkin_edit.png[/IMG] (Flavius Vespasianus) Titus, his son, was sent with him, while his other son Domitian was kept hostage by Nero. Leaders in Judea rose among the peasants, leaders seeking power, who were often fighting each other. Their rivalries hampered the pursuit of the war, preventing the Jews from taking Sepporis. Vespasian reinforced Sepporis, and then bringing with him the Tenth Legion [I]Fretensis, [/I]and the Fifth Legion [I]Macedonia[/I], with Titus bringing the Fifteenth Legion [I]Apollinaris. [/I]He went around Galilee, slowly pacifying the region, capturing leaders such as Josephus, who was saved by giving Vespasian a prophecy. Meanwhile, John of Gischala, a leader of one city captured by Vespasian, engaged in guerilla warfare in the Golan Heights, and then left to Jerusalem, where he crowned himself king. At the same time, the Temple authorities and the Zealots engaged in war with each other, with many civilians fleeing the violence and informing the Romans of it. Vespasian postponed the attack on Jerusalem until the Jews had finished fighting. The Jews, despite this, were hopeful as they had heard of the fighting in Rome, where Nero killed himself, quickly replaced by Galba, who was then assassinated, causing fighting between Vitellius and Otho. Informed about this by Titus, Vespasian decided to claim power for himself, securing support around the empire, while cutting off the food supply in Egypt. In five months he was emperor, just as Josephus predicted. Titus then besieged Jerusalem. The Jews still fought among themselves in the city, with the Zealots destroying the food supply to encourage the Jews to fight. The result as expected, was disaster. The Romans breached the walls of the city, and attacked the Temple. It fell on Tish B'av, the day on which the first temple fell, as well as the date all other disasters, such as the beginning of the Holocaust. That same day, the Temple was destroyed, by, as Josephus claims, soldiers acting against Titus' orders. The Romans killed all resistance, and it now became apparent that this was a war the Jews could not win. Titus left to Rome, leaving the Tenth Legion [I]Fretensis[/I] to take down the remaining strongholds, like the famous Masada. [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][B]Effects[/B][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] The war was over, and with it, many effects occurred due to it. Jews of great number were sent back as slaves. At the same time, Rabbinic Judaism came into existence, as the Jewish faith transformed from a Temple based religion, to one of competing Rabbis, ensuring its survival. The Flavian dynasty came into existence, all because of the army that Vespasian had been granted to fight the revolt. The Colosseum came into existence, payed for by stolen treasures, built by Jewish slaves, under Vespasian and Titus. The coin shown below, is a denarius made to commemorate it. [url]http://imgur.com/a/ypYif[/url] (All coins depicted are mine) [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][B]Sources[/B][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] Josephus, the War of the Jews Livius.com[/QUOTE]
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