Eastern Mediterranean 74 AD: Siege of Masada
spring 74AD
spr 74AD
Siege of Masada
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
Following the Roman capture of Jerusalem (70), some 960 Sicarii—a fanatical Jewish sect—continued to hold out in the remote mountain stronghold of Masada. In 73–74 the Romans besieged and eventually captured the fortress, bringing an end to the Great Jewish Revolt.