Judaea, First Revolt, AE 18 Year 3=68 / 69

The great Jewish War against the Romans began in Judea in 66 AD, triggered by state and religious oppression, and was decided in 70 with the conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.

The war was only finally ended in 73/74 with the fall of Masada. It was the first of the three great Jewish revolts against the Romans in the 1st and 2nd centuries. The second was the Diaspora revolt around 116, the third the Bar Kochba revolt 132-135.

The work Jewish War by Flavius Josephus, who as a member of the Jerusalem priestly nobility, Jewish military leader in Galilee and freedman of Vespasian was himself involved in the events, is the most important source.