Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations by Martin Goodman

Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations

Martin Goodman

624 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced

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A magisterial history of the titanic struggle between the Roman and Jewish worlds that led to the destruction of Jerusalem.In 70 C.E., after a four-year war, three Roman legions besieged and eventually devastated Jerusalem, destroying Herod’s magn...

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