1st Century roads –map of Roman roads and caravan routes Ancient roads in the land of Israel great lecture by Rami Aharoni (ppt; Hebrew; 146 slides) Roman roads and Milestones in Judea/Palaestina interactive web page, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee Between Damascus and Megiddo –Israe...
Otho joins his predecessors, leaving Vitellius on the throne, but the big fat bastard can’t get comfortable, because the governor of Judea, Vespasian, has now been proclaimed emperor by his troops. Cue a secomd war, which rages right in the heart of Rome, and which finally leaves ...
The oldest surviving Roman triumphal arch, it was built after the young Emperor's death to celebrate his suppression of the Jewish uprising in Judea, in 70 CE. Standing on the Via Sacra, south-east of the Roman Forum, the Arch of Titus was the model for Napoleon'sArc de Triomphein Paris...
Historians of Rome have most often divided its history into two major periods, based on the type of government that Rome had at the time: the Republic (from the late sixth century BCE to the late first century BCE) and the Empire (from the late first century BCE to the fall of the We...
While these Decapolis cities were intended to be friendly bulwarks of Greco-Roman culture on the restive frontier of the empire between Syria and Judea, they were clearly not impermeable to local cultural and religious influences. Judging by the texts in the tomb, the inhabitants s...
Varus was“linked by marriage to the imperial family and had served as Emperor Augustus’ representative in the province of Syria”(1) which included Judea where he was known for his harsh rule, high taxes and the crucifixion of 2,000 Hebrew rebels. (33) It was said that he“ente...
1968. The Description of Palestine by Pliny the Elder and the Administrative Division of Judea at the End of the Period of the Second Temple. Tarbiz 37: 215–29. (In Hebrew) Taylor, Joan E. 1993. Christians and the Holy Places: The Myth of Jewish-Christian Origins. Oxford: Claredon ...