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68 CE: The Sicarii, a Jewish extremist group, take possession of the fortress of Masada. During the feast of Passover, they raid En Gedi, killing 700 women and children who are unable to flee.

68 CE: The Sicarii, a Jewish extremist group, take possession of the f...

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70 CE: The parties of both John of Giscala and Simon son of Gioras set fire to buildings stocked with provisions, exacerbating the famine that besets Jerusalem.

70 CE: The parties of both John of Giscala and Simon son of Gioras set...

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67 CE: Working under constant fire from Roman catapults and archers, Jewish masons raise the walls of the fortress of Jotapata by thirty feet. Josephus has devised a method to protect the masons by ordering a series of palisades to be erected and overlaid with ox hides to deflect the Roman missiles.

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70 CE: Titus sends Josephus to speak to the Jews in their own language and urge them to surrender: ""God is fled out of his sanctuary, and stands on the side of those against whom you fight.'

70 CE: Titus sends Josephus to speak to the Jews in their own language...

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70 CE: Titus holds a war council with his officers. He decides to blockade Jerusalem by building a wall around the entire city, with every exit blocked and guarded. The wall, 4 1/2 miles long, is completed in only three days.

70 CE: Titus holds a war council with his officers. He decides to bloc...

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70 CE: Judas, a lieutenant of Simon son of Gioras, plots to surrender Jerusalem; but Simon, discovering the plan, kills the rebels and mutilates their corpses.

70 CE: Judas, a lieutenant of Simon son of Gioras, plots to surrender ...

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67 CE: Vespasian burns the Galilean city of Gabara. So bitter is their memory of the defeat of Cestius that the Romans also burn all the surrounding villages and towns.

67 CE: Vespasian burns the Galilean city of Gabara. So bitter is their...

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4 BCE: Herod accuses his son, Antipater, of treason.

4 BCE: Herod accuses his son, Antipater, of treason.

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69 CE: War breaks out in Rome between the supporters of the emperor Vitellius and those of Vespasian.

69 CE: War breaks out in Rome between the supporters of the emperor Vi...

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63 BCE: Aristobulus II, a suppliant to Pompey the Great, offers to surrender himself and Jerusalem.

63 BCE: Aristobulus II, a suppliant to Pompey the Great, offers to sur...

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4 BCE: Herod lies on his deathbed as disease pervades his body. He has a raging fever, dropsy, abdominal pain and inflammation, gangrene of the genitals, asthma and convulsions.

4 BCE: Herod lies on his deathbed as disease pervades his body. He has...

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4 BCE: Varus, the Roman governor of Syria, marches to Jerusalem to quell the insurrection there. He is met by Joseph, cousin of Archelaus, outside the city.

4 BCE: Varus, the Roman governor of Syria, marches to Jerusalem to que...

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47 BCE: Antigonus II accuses Antipater of disloyalty to Caesar, whereupon Antipater strips off his clothes and exposes the scars won in battles on behalf of Rome.

47 BCE: Antigonus II accuses Antipater of disloyalty to Caesar, whereu...

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70 CE: The rival factions of Simon son of Gioras and John of Giscala forget their mutual hatred and unite in battle against the Romans.

70 CE: The rival factions of Simon son of Gioras and John of Giscala f...

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66 CE: Cestius, Roman governor of Syria, decides to enter the conflict with the Jews. He sends a detachment to Joppa (Jaffa), where his soldiers burn the city, killing 8,400.

66 CE: Cestius, Roman governor of Syria, decides to enter the conflict...

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68 CE: Vespasian, on a visit to the Dead Sea, demonstrates its famed buoyancy. He orders some non-swimmers to be thrown into deep water with their hands tied behind their back; all rise to the surface and float. Other remarkable properties of the Dead Sea are also described, such as the changing color of its water and its bituminous mud, so sticky that it can only be removed from the hulls of boats with women's monthly secretions. Use of this illustration of swans a-swimming is evidently an allusion to the buoyancy of the water.

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70 CE: The famine in Jerusalem drives the Jews to abominable acts: a woman named Mary kills her infant son, then roasts the corpse and devours half of it.

70 CE: The famine in Jerusalem drives the Jews to abominable acts: a w...

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57 BCE: Alexander, son of Aristobulus, fights the combined forces of Gabinius (proconsul of Syria), Mark Anthony, and a Jewish contingent loyal to Antipater II. In the battle, three thousand of Alexander's men are killed and three thousand taken prisoner.

57 BCE: Alexander, son of Aristobulus, fights the combined forces of G...

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4 BCE: Antipater begs his father Herod not to condemn him without hearing his defense.

4 BCE: Antipater begs his father Herod not to condemn him without hear...

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69 CE: Vespasian's soldiers urge him to seize the crown from the emperor Vitellius. Use of this illustration of a mother and child may be intended as a metaphor for the soldiers' devotion and support.

69 CE: Vespasian's soldiers urge him to seize the crown from the emper...

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