The Roman Empire’s Religious War against the Jews https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2022/06/the-roman-empires-religious-war-against-the-jews/

June 7, 2022 | Guy MacLean Rogers
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Now that Shavuot is passed, the next notable day on the Hebrew calendar is the fast of the seventeenth of Tammuz, which commemorates, inter alia, the breach of the walls of Jerusalem by Roman legionaries in 70 CE, which in turn led to the destruction of the Second Temple and the defeat of the great Judean Revolt. As Guy MacLean Rogers explains in conversation with Aaron MacLean, the so-called “Jewish War” was an event of enormous significance not only for the Jews, but also for the Romans: it represented, in Roman eyes, a victory of paganism over monotheism; it also became a source of legitimacy for the Flavian dynasty that ruled the empire for three decades. The two also discuss the military dimensions of the campaign. (Audio, 69 minutes.)

Read more on School of War: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-guy-maclean-rogers-on-the-jewish-revolt/id1589160645?i=1000563476074