WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged Jerusalem, the center of Jewish rebel resistance in the Roman province of Judaea .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jews led a revolt and occupied Jerusalem in 66 CE initiating the first Roman-Jewish war. In 70 CE the Romans reclaimed Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple with only a portion of the western wall remaining (though recent archeological discoveries date portions of the wall to later periods).

Detailed explanation-3: -Roman general Titus stormed Jerusalem in ad 70 in a bloody battle that destroyed much of the city.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the fall of ad 66 the Jews combined in revolt, expelled the Romans from Jerusalem, and overwhelmed in the pass of Beth-Horon a Roman punitive force under Gallus, the imperial legate in Syria. A revolutionary government was then set up and extended its influence throughout the whole country.

Detailed explanation-5: -A serious conflict between Rome and the Jews began in A.D. 66 when Nero was emperor. The Roman governor of Judea decided to take money from the Great Temple in Jerusalem. He claimed he was collecting taxes owed the emperor. When rioting broke out, Roman soldiers harshly put it down.

Detailed explanation-6: -Titus, in full Titus Vespasianus Augustus, original name Titus Flavius Vespasianus, (born Dec. 30, 39 ce-died Sept. 13, 81 ce), Roman emperor (79–81), and the conqueror of Jerusalem in 70.