Last Revolt, The - 66 A.D.

Hear bits of the speech that started the revolt against Roman rule in Palestine.
 
How did Jerusalem´s army hold off the giant cavalry of the Roman Empire?
 
What was the eventual outcome of the war?

The populace of Palestine had been under rule of the Roman empire for years, but in 66 A.D. tensions finally reached a boiling point. Years of war would follow and the Holy Temple would be destroyed. Out of its ashes would rise a re-invention of Judaism and new momentum for a budding religion, Christianity.

See the events that led up to this rebellion against the world´s most powerful empire. Among them, the speech made by Jerusalem´s governor that fanned the flames of revolution. Learn what transpired when Nero dispatched soldiers to quell the uprising. Hear from experts like Walter Zanger (author of Jerusalem), and Shaye Cohen of Harvard University on the particulars of the revolt and the years or war that followed. How did this war change the world and its religious landscape forever?

Upplagd i sortimentet: 6 Augusti, 2008