Eastern Mediterranean 69 AD: Flavian Revolt
11 July 69AD
11 Jul 69AD
Flavian Revolt
Oct 66AD Great Jewish Revolt
Jan 68AD Zealot Temple Siege
Jan 69AD Simon bar Giora
11 Jul 69AD Flavian Revolt
8 Sep 70AD Destruction of Jerusalem
spr 74AD Siege of Masada
22 Mar 106 Arabia Petraea
fall 113 Outbreak of Trajan’s Parthian War
15 Oct 115 Kitos War
10 Aug 117 Accession of Hadrian
late 132 Bar Kokhba Revolt
Midway through the first Jewish–Roman war, civil war broke out in the Roman Empire, triggered by the overthrow of Nero in June 68 AD. By April 69 Vitellius, commander of the Rhine legions, had defeated Otho—the second emperor that year—but his reign was soon challenged in the East, where many had supported Otho. In July the legions in Egypt, Judea, and Syria rose up under the leadership of the general Vespasian—who had been suppressing the Jewish revolt—and prepared to march on Italy.