Titus destroys Jerusalem and its Temple, ending the sacrificial cult and sealing the separation between the church and the synagogue.
Tagged: Christian
The Event
- Date
- 70 (exact)
- Also called
- Destruction of the Second Temple
- Era
- Apostolic; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Jerusalem
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Key figures
- Titus, Josephus
- Key texts
- Josephus, The Jewish War
Primary Sources
- Josephus, The Jewish War
Secondary Sources
- Frend, The Rise of Christianity (Fortress, 1984)
Provenance: HIST-0006; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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