Apocalypse: The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome AD 66-73

by Neil Faulkner

Book Overview

Ancient Palestine was a ferment of social and ideological conflict. Full-scale insurrectionary revolt exploded in AD 66 and took on a revolutionary character as moderate upper-class leaders were pushed aside and replaced by popular radicals. The war that followed was bitterly fought, and culminated in the five-month siege of Jerusalem in the summer of AD 70. which ended with the fall and destruction of the city amid appalling atrocities. Mopping-up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445603160
• ISBN13: 9781445603162
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"