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The First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes called The Great Revolt (Hebrew: המרד הגדול‎, ha-Mered Ha-Gadol, Latin: Primum populi Romani bellum in Iudaeos), was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judea Province (Iudaea) against the Roman Empire. The second was the Kitos War in 115–117, which took place mainly in the diaspora, and the third was Bar Kokhba's revolt of 132–135 CE.The Great Revolt began in the year 66 CE, originating in the Roman and Jewish religious tensions.

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  • The First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes called The Great Revolt (Hebrew: המרד הגדול‎, ha-Mered Ha-Gadol, Latin: Primum populi Romani bellum in Iudaeos), was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judea Province (Iudaea) against the Roman Empire. The second was the Kitos War in 115–117, which took place mainly in the diaspora, and the third was Bar Kokhba's revolt of 132–135 CE.The Great Revolt began in the year 66 CE, originating in the Roman and Jewish religious tensions.
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  • First Jewish–Roman War
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  • 20,000 soldiers killed
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  • Supported by:
  • *Adiabenevolunteers
  • *Idumeans
  • *Pharisees
  • *Sadducees
  • *Sicarii
  • *Zealots
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  • He also tells us that 97,000 were enslaved.
  • Matthew White, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things (Norton, 2012) p.52, estimates the combined death tollfor the First and Third Roman Jewish Wars as being approximately 350,000
  • According to Josephus, 1.1 millionnon-combatants died in Jerusalem, mainly as a result of the violence and famine. Many of the casualties were actually foreigners who had wanted to experience the festivities around Passover but instead got trapped in the chaotic siege.
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  • Roman victory, destruction of the Temple
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  • 10,000 under Ananus
  • 15,000 under Bar-Giora
  • 2,400 under Eleazar ben Simon
  • 20,000 IdumeansSeveral hundred Sicarii
  • 5 Legions (60,000–80,000) at Jerusalem siege
  • 500Adiabenewarriors
  • 6,000 under Yohanan of Gush Halav
  • Roman guard (3,000) in early stage
  • Syrian Legion (30,000) in Beth Horon;
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