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622 BC Text of Deuteronomy found in the Temple in Jerusalem.
515 BC Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.
164 BC Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
39 Caligula
orders that a statue of himself be placed in the temple in Jerusalem. The governor of Syria
, Publius Petronius, who is responsible for erecting the statue, faces mass demonstrations by Jews of the region and manages to delay construction of the statue until the death of Caligula (January 24 41).
48 The emperor
Claudius
invests Agrippa II
with the office of superintendent of the Temple in Jerusalem.
70 Roman
general
and future Roman Emperor
, Titus
, destroys the Jewish
Temple in Jerusalem, leaving erect only the famous Western Wall. Rome
stations troops in Jerusalem
and abolishes the Jewish high priesthood and Sanhedrin
. This becomes known as the Fall of Jerusalem, a conclusive event in the First Jewish-Roman War
. Following this event, the Jewish religious leadership moves from Jerusalem
to Jamnia (present day Yavne), and the destruction is mourned annually as the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av.
410 Visigoth
s' sack of Rome
ends. They depart with countless valuables, including spoils of the Temple in Jerusalem brought to Rome
by Titus
. This marks the first time since 390 BC that Rome
had been sacked.
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