Siege of Jerusalem, (70 ce), Roman military blockade of Jerusalem during the First Jewish Revolt. The fall of the city marked the effective conclusion of a four-year campaign against the Jewish insurgency in Judaea. The Romans destroyed much of the city, including the Second Temple.

The siege required the building of massive platforms of earth and timber that leveled the hill before the wall and to provide a solid base on which to lay the battering rams. The army engineers excelled at the building of these earthworks, but the Judeans proved skilled in countering these works -- through both direct attacks and surreptitious ...

2022年5月2日 · The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE was the high watermark in the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) regarding the tension between the two forces. With the Roman Empire transitioning from the Julio-Claudian...

2025年2月11日 · On June 7, 1099, the Christian army—by then considerably reduced to perhaps 1,200–1,500 cavalry and 12,000 foot soldiers—encamped before Jerusalem, whose governor was well supplied and confident that he could withstand a siege until a relief force arrived from Egypt.

2024年4月10日 · The Siege of Jerusalem, a pivotal event in human history, has occurred several times across the millennia, but the most renowned are those of 587/586 BC by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, 70 AD by the Roman Empire under Titus, and …

2018年7月16日 · After a brief siege, the city was captured on 15 July 1099 CE and the population massacred. A Muslim relief army was defeated three weeks later, and the First Crusade was hailed as a remarkable success in the west.

By October 1097, the Crusaders reached and besieged Antioch, a siege that lasted until June 1098 and was marked by fierce combat and desperate conditions. The capture of Antioch was a turning point, significantly bolstering the Crusaders' position.

2023年8月15日 · The siege of Jerusalem. By 23 April, 70 AD, the Romans had surrounded Jerusalem. The Fretensis and Macedonica legions had approached from the east and west, but valleys encircled Jerusalem on three sides. For Titus …

2024年12月9日 · What led to the siege of Jerusalem in 587 BC? Zedekiah, the vassal king of Judah, rebelled against Babylon by ceasing tribute payments and forming an alliance with Egypt, prompting Nebuchadnezzar II to besiege the city.

2024年9月30日 · Led by the Roman general Titus, this brutal conquest changed the fate of Jerusalem and left an indelible scar on Jewish history. It was not just a military defeat; it was a religious and cultural tragedy that echoed through centuries.