Episodes #61 and #62, "Wailing Walls: Part 1" and "Wailing Walls: Part 2" Maps and Sources

SOURCES

Recommendation for casual readers is Seward. Single best academic work is Rogers.

DeSilva, David A. Judea Under Greek and Roman Rule. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024.

Josephus. The Jewish War. Translated by G. Williamson. New York: Penguin, 1984.

Mason, Steve. A History of the Jewish War A.D. 66-74. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Rogers, Guy MacLean. For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews Against Romans, 66-74 CE. New York: Yale University Press, 2021.

Seward, Desmond. Jerusalem's Traitor: Josephus, Masada and the Fall of Judea. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2009.

Sheppard, Si. The Jewish Revolt AD 66-74. Oxford: Osprey, 2013.

MAPS

The Roman Empire in the 1st Century AD, during the reign of Nero. Note Judea in the lower right hand corner, written as the Latin "Iudaea," with Jersualem Latinicized as "Hierosolyma".

The regions of Judaea, 1st Century AD.

The Roman-Jewish War, Phase 1: Outbreak of rebellion and first Roman attack. Chapters 2-3 of "Wailing Walls" Part 1.

The Roman-Jewish War Phase 2: Vespasian's campaigns to isolate Jerusalem. Chapter 4 of "Wailing Walls" Part 1.

The Roman-Jewish War, Phase 3: Titus's Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, and the mopping-up. Takes up most of "Wailing Walls" Part 2.