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The Jewish revolt, AD 66-73 / Si Sheppard ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
- Title
- The Jewish revolt, AD 66-73 / Si Sheppard ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
- Author
- Sheppard, Si, 1972-
- Publication
- Oxford : Osprey, 2013.
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| Text | Request in advance | DS122.8 .S54 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Dennis, Peter, 1950-
- Description
- 96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- EUROPEAN HISTORY: BCE TO C 500 CE. 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 emperor Nero dispatched the Roman general Vespasian along with reinforcements and, having crushed the revolt in Galilee he became embroiled in the events of the Year of the Four Emperors that would lead to his assumption of the Imperial throne. His son Titus was left to carry on the war which culminated in the dramatic siege of Jerusalem in AD 70. Remorselessly, the legions strangled the life out of the defense street by street, leaving nothing but rubble and ashes in their wake.
- Series Statement
- Campaign ; 252
- Uniform Title
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 252.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 94) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781780961835 (pbk.)
- 1780961839 (pbk.)
- 9781780961842 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781780961859 (e-pub) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2013474167
- OCLC
- 1006133998
- SCSB-11051357
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library