CLAS 160B1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Retiarius, Bestiarii, Gladiator
21 Nov 2016
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Paul was very successful evangelizer: he covered 10,000 miles before he was arrested in jerusalem, ad 57 and later executed. A jewish high priest refused to sacrifice to god on behalf of the emperor. Roman garrison in jerusalem slaughtered followed by major revolt and first jewish war ad 66-73. Vespasian sent by nero to put down revolt ad 66. Jerusalem captured by titus in ad 70: jewish temple plundered and leveled. Sestertius of vespasian, ad 71 commemorating, capture of judaea. Roman soldiers plunder the temple, make menorah. War greatly damaged jewish population of palestine, diaspora jews now more important. Bar kokhba revolt ad 132-136 (second jewish war) Temple was gone, the synagogue and hebrew schools become central. Judaism restricted into rabbinical judaism: ritual a ental part of jews lives (like the. Idea of a jewish messiah discredited judaism of the pharisees) The jewish war had not led to the apocalypse; jesus had ot returned.
