1 - 100 CE

Jewish Revolt and Temple Destruction

Jewish Crucifixions, Pilgrimage, Jewish Revolt, Temple Service, Tefillin, Jewish Festivals under Rome, Freedom of Zion coins, Nero and Jewish Prisoners, Josephus, Destruction of Jerusalem, Masada - the Last Stance

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Religious differences between Jewish monotheism and the pagan world, internal factions tearing through the fiber of Jewish life, and the brutal Roman persecution of the Jews led to a Jewish rebellion against Rome called the Great Revolt. A volatile chapter, the revolt ends in the subsequent destruction of the Second Temple, catapulting the Jewish People into a millennia-long exile.

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