<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Part of the First Jewish--Roman War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Progress of the Roman army during the siege . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> February--September 8, 70 CE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Jerusalem, Judaea 31 ° 46 ′ 41" N 35 ° 14 ′ 9" E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.77806 ° N 35.23583 ° E ﻿ / 31.77806; 35.23583 Coordinates: 31 ° 46 ′ 41" N 35 ° 14 ′ 9" E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.77806 ° N 35.23583 ° E ﻿ / 31.77806; 35.23583 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Roman victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Main rebel Judean forces subdued . </Li> <Li> Temple of Jerusalem destroyed . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Roman rule of Jerusalem restored </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roman Empire </Td> <Td> <P> Judean Free Government </P> <Ul> <Li> Sadducees </Li> <Li> Pharisees </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Peasantry Faction <Ul> <Li> Idumaeans </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Zealots </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Titus </Td> <Td> Simon Bar Giora </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> John of Gischala (POW) </Li> <Li> Eleazar ben Simon † </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 70,000 </Td> <Td> 15--20,000 </Td> <Td> 10,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> 15 - 20,000 </Td> <Td> 10,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> According to Josephus, 1.1 million non-combatants died in Jerusalem, mainly as a result of the violence and famine . Many of the casualties were observant Jews from across the world such as Babylon and Egypt who had travelled to Jerusalem wanting to celebrate the yearly Passover but instead got trapped in the chaotic siege . He also tells us that 97,000 were enslaved . Matthew White, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things (Norton, 2012) p. 52, estimates the combined death toll for the First and Third Roman Jewish Wars as being approximately 350,000 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) </Th> </Tr>

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