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...
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...
After successfully taking Jerusalem, the Roman 10th Legion was tasked with mopping up the remaining rebel forces in three fortresses throughout Judea. The 10th Legion consisted of some 15,000 men and women comprising of auxiliary units, Jewish slaves, and some 8,000 to 9,000 fighting men. ...
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's Arc de Triomphe in ...
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 Vespasian in charge with no opposition, and the civil war is over. That’s the potted history. Very bullet point....
According to Josephus, Herod the king of Judea under Rome built the open-sea harbor Sebastos in Caesarea over the course of 11 years (21–10 BCE), using the best experts, technologies and materials available at that time. The harbor was named after Octavian, who took the title Augustus—...
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 ...