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Jewish Revolt

First Jewish–Roman War
Part of the Jewish–Roman wars
Galilee to Judea.gif
Judaea and Galilee in the first century
Date 66–73 CE
Location Judaea (Roman province)
Result Roman victory, destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple
Belligerents
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire

Menora Titus.jpg Judean rebels:

Supported by:

Radical factions:


Commanders and leaders

Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Gessius Florus (66 CE)
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Cestius Gallus (66 CE)

Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Vespasian (67-69 CE)
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Titus (67-73 CE)
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Lucilius Bassus
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Agrippa II  (WIA)
Ananus ben Ananus 
Eliezar ben Hanania 
Yosef ben Matityahu (POW)
Yosef ben Gurion
Simon Bar-Giora Executed

Yohanan of Gush Halav (POW)
Eleazar ben Simon 


Menahem ben Yehuda 

Eleazar ben Ya'ir 
Strength
Roman guard (3,000) in early stage
Syrian Legion (30,000) in Beth Horon;
5 Legions (60,000–80,000) at Jerusalem siege
10,000 under Ananus
15,000 under Bar-Giora
500 Adiabene warriors
6,000 under Yohanan of Gush Halav
2,400 under Eleazar ben Simon
20,000 Idumeans
Several hundred Sicarii
Casualties and losses
10,000 soldiers killed estimate 25,000–30,000 killed 10,000–20,000 killed
According to Josephus, 1.1 million non-combatants died in Jerusalem, mainly as a result of the violence and famine. Many of the casualties were actually foreigners who had wanted to experience the festivities around Passover but instead got trapped in the chaotic siege.
He also tells us that 97,000 were enslaved.
Matthew White, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things (Norton, 2012) p.52, estimates the combined death toll for the First and Third Roman Jewish Wars as being approximately 350,000

Menora Titus.jpg Judean rebels:

Supported by:

Radical factions:

Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Gessius Florus (66 CE)
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Cestius Gallus (66 CE)

Yohanan of Gush Halav (POW)
Eleazar ben Simon 

Menahem ben Yehuda 

The First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes called the Great Revolt (Hebrew: המרד הגדול‎‎ ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judea Province (Iudaea) against the Roman Empire. The second was the Kitos War in 115–117, which took place mainly in the diaspora, and the third was Bar Kokhba's revolt of 132–136 CE.


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