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Beschreibung

A highly illustrated account of the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule in the 1st century AD.

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. The apotheosis of the conflict was the final stand of the last holdouts in the Temple precinct itself, and the utter annihilation of this, the physical manifestation of Judaism itself.

Packed with detailed description as well as battle maps, this book details each step of the fighting. The last remnants held out in the mountain fortress of Masada until AD 73 when with the Romans breaking down the walls the defenders committed mass suicide bringing the revolt to an end.

A highly illustrated account of the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule in the 1st century AD.

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. The apotheosis of the conflict was the final stand of the last holdouts in the Temple precinct itself, and the utter annihilation of this, the physical manifestation of Judaism itself.

Packed with detailed description as well as battle maps, this book details each step of the fighting. The last remnants held out in the mountain fortress of Masada until AD 73 when with the Romans breaking down the walls the defenders committed mass suicide bringing the revolt to an end.

Über den Autor
Si Sheppard, illustrated by Peter Dennis
Zusammenfassung
A highly illustrated account of the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule in the 1st century AD.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of the campaign
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing fleets
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
Further reading
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Campaign
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781780961835
ISBN-10: 1780961839
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sheppard, Si
Illustrator: Dennis, Peter
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Campaign
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 247 x 184 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Si Sheppard
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,31 kg
Artikel-ID: 121074525

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