Siege of Jerusalem (70) Timeline of Events

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Siege of Jerusalem (70)

The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 AD was the decisive event of the First Jewish-Roman War. The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus, with Tiberius Julius Alexander as his second-in-command, besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66.The siege ended with the sacking of the city and the destruction of its famous Second...

Timeline of Events

4.14.70

Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.

5.10.70

Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.

5.30.70

Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.

6.5.70

Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.

7.20.70

First Jewish-Roman War: Siege of Jerusalem - Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.

9.7.70

A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.

9.8.70

Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.