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1/ Between Rome, Jerusalem & Masada, a #thread on the Great Jewish Revolt against the Romans. In 79 AD Titus was appointed emperor of Rome, but before that he was responsible for suppressing the Jewish Revolt, & affected the course of history. >>
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2/ >> Titus was the son of Vespasian, who oversaw the suppression of most of the Jewish revolt against the Romans, when he left to be appointed emperor the rebellion was still going strong in Jerusalem & other areas. >>
3/ >> The battles in Jerusalem, between the Romans & the rebels, which fortified themselves in the temple, got out of control. Josephus also states in his book "The Jewish Wars" that the burning of the Temple happened by mistake. >>
* Southern & Western wall of Temple Mount.
* Southern & Western wall of Temple Mount.
4/ >> After Titus left & returned to Rome, Silva remained to suppress the remnants of the revolt, mainly in Masada, who kept on fighting & faced a long siege. In the end, the people of Masada decided to commit suicide instead of falling into Roman captivity. >>
* Masada.
* Masada.
5/ >> The Israeli archaeologist Yigal Yadin, born Yigal Sukenik, was the son of archaeologist Eliezer Lipa Sukenik, the man responsible for purchasing the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Between 1963-1965 Yadin began digging in Masada. >>
* Yigal Yadin & his father Sukenik.
* Yigal Yadin & his father Sukenik.
6/ >> Yadin didn't want to excavate Masada, he claimed he was a biblical archaeologist & that someone specializing in later periods should excavate the site. He agreed after PM Ben-Gurion talked to him personally & implored him to excavate Masada. >>
* Yadin and Ben-Gurion.
* Yadin and Ben-Gurion.
7/ >> Yadin unearthed finds from the daily life of the people of Masada during the years of the revolt. In addition, during excavations in Masada, Yadin came up with the idea of what would initially be called the "Yadin line". <<
8/ >> This is a prominent black line of cement separating the finds of the excavation, from the addition of the reconstruction, also known as a "reconstruction line." Yadin's excvations at Masada exposed much of the historical narative Josephus wrote, with differences. >>
9/ >> In 71 CE, Titus returned to Rome & was received with a glorious parade, in which the treasures from the Temple in Jerusalem were paraded in the streets. This is documented on the inner arch of the Titus Arch, built in honor of Titus by his brother, completed in 81 AD. >>
10/ >> Titus became emperor in 79 CE. In 80 CE he completed the construction of the building which his father had begun, the Flavian Amphitheater, named after the Flavius family who built it, and is known by its popular name, the Colosseum.
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