Description
Product ID: | 9781780961835 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | IN |
Series: | Campaign |
Title: | The Jewish Revolt AD 66–74 |
Authors: | Author: Si Sheppard, Peter Dennis |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Ancient history, Battles and campaigns, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Battles & campaigns, Ancient / Biblical Israel, BCE to c 500 CE |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum, the rebels successfully occupied Jerusalem and drove off an attack by the Roman legate of Syria, Cestus Gallius, who was defeated at the battle of Beth Horon. The narrow strip of land now occupied by the modern state of Israel is where all paths from Europe, Asia, and Arabia must come together before they flow into Africa and has been the world''s most hotly contested piece of territory for millennia. Occupied by Pompey the Great from 63 BC the region became the Roman province of Iudaea in AD 6. In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum, the rebels successfully occupied Jerusalem and drove off an attack by the Roman legate of Syria, Cestus Gallius, who was defeated at the battle of Beth Horon. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-10-20 |