Ancient Rome · SITE OF MEMORY · AD 70

Destruction of the Second Temple (AD 70)

On the Ancient Rome map as “The Temple destroyed”

AD 70 — Titus takes Jerusalem after a siege in which famine and fighting between factions have devastated the city. The Second Temple burns. Josephus’ death toll is not believable, but the catastrophe is real.

When: AD 70
Type: Site of memory
Chapter: Pax Romana (chapter 7 of Ancient Rome)
Atlas: The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476

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Map showing Destruction of the Second Temple (AD 70), site of memory in The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476 — SITE OF MEMORY · THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME, 264 BC – AD 476

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Ancient World Mapping Center: Dacia from the AD 200 province and empire boundary layers · Cliopatria v0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical coastlines and rivers · UNESCO: Frontiers of the Roman Empire · UNESCO: Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia

Source details

Ancient World Mapping Center, UNC-Chapel Hill; derived from the Barrington Atlas and AWMC modifications to OpenStreetMap. Dacia polygon assembled by Maps of History from the published boundary lines; derivative distributed under ODbL 1.0.. ODbL 1.0
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, and reprojected by Maps of History; dated adjustments are recorded per layer.. CC BY 4.0
Made with Natural Earth. Modern physical geography is a coastline/river reference, not evidence of ancient sovereignty.. Public domain
UNESCO World Heritage Centre: frontier-system identification and dates.. Historical evidence citation; no map copied
UNESCO World Heritage Centre: province north of the Danube, operational 106–271 CE; Transylvanian plateau and Olt frontier.. Historical evidence citation; no map copied

Displayed geometry: 117 (s117); chapter framing: 117. The map shows the moment selected for the chapter, even when the chapter spans several events.

reconstruction: 117 · reconstruction: Modern physical shoreline reference · reconstruction: Roman Rhine–Danube frontier system; changing over time · vector: -630 to 337 · vector: 106 to 370 · vector: 117 to 126 · vector: 43 to 153 · vector: 68 to 259 · vector: 78 to 370

Layer records and reconstruction methods