Battle of Beth Horon (66), the Glossary
The Battle of Beth Horon was a military engagement fought in 66 CE between the Roman army and Jewish rebels in the early phase of the First Jewish–Roman War.[1]
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36 relations: Antigonus II Mattathias, Antioch, Aquila (Roman), Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa), Bethoron, Caesarea Maritima, Eleazar ben Simon, First Jewish–Roman War, Gaius Cestius Gallus (governor of Syria), Gaius Licinius Mucianus, Galilee, Herod Agrippa II, Herod the Great, Herodian kingdom, Herodian tetrarchy, Jerusalem, Judaea (Roman province), Judea, Judean provisional government, Legio XII Fulminata, Levant, Manda Scott, Materiel, Mithridates VI Eupator, Nero, Niger the Perean, Parthia, Pompey, Roman citizenship, Roman Empire, Sanhedrin, Simon bar Giora, Synagogue, Temple Mount, Third Mithridatic War, Vespasian.
- 1st-century battles
- 60s conflicts
- 60s in the Roman Empire
- 66
- First Jewish–Roman War
- Jewish military history
Antigonus II Mattathias
Antigonus II Mattathias (Αντίγονος Antígonos; מַתִּתְיָהוּ, Mattīṯyāhū), also known as Antigonus the Hasmonean (died 37 BCE) was the last Hasmonean king of Judea.
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Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou)Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ "Antioch on Daphne"; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη "Antioch the Great"; Antiochia ad Orontem; Անտիոք Antiokʽ; ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ Anṭiokya; אנטיוכיה, Anṭiyokhya; أنطاكية, Anṭākiya; انطاکیه; Antakya.
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Aquila (Roman)
An aquila was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion.
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Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa)
Berenice of Cilicia, also known as Julia Berenice and sometimes spelled Bernice (Bereníkē or Berníkē; 28 – after 81), was a Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century.
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Bethoron
Bethoron (lit; Ὡρωνείν), also Beth-Horon, were two neighboring towns in ancient Israel, situated on the Gibeon–Aijalon road.
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Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea (Kaisáreia; Qēsaryah; Qaysāriyyah), also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the Eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Caesarea Maritima are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.
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Eleazar ben Simon
Eleazar ben Simon was a Zealot leader during the First Jewish-Roman War who fought against the armies of Cestius Gallus, Vespasian, and Titus Flavius. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Eleazar ben Simon are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.
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First Jewish–Roman War
The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt (ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), or The Jewish War, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire fought in the province of Judaea, resulting in the destruction of Jewish towns, the displacement of its people and the appropriation of land for Roman military use, as well as the destruction of the Jewish Temple and polity. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and first Jewish–Roman War are 60s conflicts, 60s in the Roman Empire and 66.
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Gaius Cestius Gallus (governor of Syria)
Gaius Cestius Gallus (d. 67 AD) was a Roman senator and general who was active during the Principate.
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Gaius Licinius Mucianus
Gaius Licinius Mucianus (fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman general, statesman and writer.
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Galilee
Galilee (hagGālīl; Galilaea; al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon.
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Herod Agrippa II
Herod Agrippa II (AD 27/28 – or 100), officially named Marcus Julius Agrippa and sometimes shortened to Agrippa, was the last ruler from the Herodian dynasty, reigning over territories outside of Judea as a Roman client.
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Herod the Great
Herod I or Herod the Great was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea.
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Herodian kingdom
The Herodian kingdom was a client state of the Roman Republic ruled from 37 to 4 BCE by Herod the Great, who was appointed "King of the Jews" by the Roman Senate.
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Herodian tetrarchy
The Herodian tetrarchy was a regional division of a client state of Rome, formed following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Herodian tetrarchy are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
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Judaea (Roman province)
Judaea (Iudaea; translit) was a Roman province from 6 to 132 AD, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Idumea, Philistia, Judea, Samaria and Galilee, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Judea.
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Judea
Judea or Judaea (Ἰουδαία,; Iudaea) is a mountainous region of the Levant.
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Judean provisional government
The Judean provisional government was a short-lived de facto governing entity in Judea, which was established during the Great Jewish Revolt in the year 66 CE by Judean rebel forces of the Pharisee and Sadducee parties. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Judean provisional government are first Jewish–Roman War.
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Legio XII Fulminata
Legio XII Fulminata ("Thunderbolt Twelfth Legion"), also known as Paterna, Victrix, Antiqua, Certa Constans, and Galliena, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and legio XII Fulminata are first Jewish–Roman War.
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Levant
The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.
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Manda Scott
Manda Scott (born 1962) is a former Scottish veterinary surgeon who is now a novelist, blogger, podcaster, columnist and occasional broadcaster.
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Materiel
Materiel is supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context.
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Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (-->Μιθριδάτης; 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents.
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Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.
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Niger the Perean
Niger of Perea (d. 68) was a military leader during the First Jewish–Roman War. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Niger the Perean are first Jewish–Roman War.
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Parthia
Parthia (𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 Parθava; 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅Parθaw; 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 Pahlaw) is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran.
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Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.
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Roman citizenship
Citizenship in ancient Rome (civitas) was a privileged political and legal status afforded to free individuals with respect to laws, property, and governance.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Middle Aramaic סַנְהֶדְרִין, a loanword from synedrion, 'assembly,' 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was a legislative and judicial assembly of either 23 or 71 elders, existing at both a local and central level in the ancient Land of Israel. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Sanhedrin are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.
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Simon bar Giora
Simon bar Giora (alternatively known as Simeon bar Giora or Simon ben Giora or Shimon bar Giora, שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא or שִׁמְעוֹן בֵּן גִּיּוֹרָא; died 71 CE) was the leader of one of the major Judean rebel factions during the First Jewish–Roman War in 1st-century Roman Judea, who vied for control of the Jewish polity while attempting to expel the Roman army, but incited a bitter internecine war in the process. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Simon bar Giora are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.
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Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.
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Temple Mount
The Temple Mount (lit), also known as Haram al-Sharif (Arabic: الحرمالشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or simply al-Aqsa (المسجد الأقصى, al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, lit. 'The Furthest Mosque'),* Where Heaven and Earth Meet, p. 13: "Nowadays, while oral usage of the term Haram persists, Palestinians tend to use in formal texts the name Masjid al-Aqsa, habitually rendered into English as 'the Aqsa Mosque'.".
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Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War (73–63 BC), the last and longest of the three Mithridatic Wars, was fought between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman Republic.
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Vespasian
Vespasian (Vespasianus; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. Battle of Beth Horon (66) and Vespasian are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.
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See also
1st-century battles
- Battle at Pontes Longi
- Battle between the Hermunduri and the Chatti
- Battle of Baduhenna Wood
- Battle of Bedriacum
- Battle of Beth Horon (66)
- Battle of Forum Julii
- Battle of Idistaviso
- Battle of Kunyang
- Battle of Locus Castorum
- Battle of Mons Graupius
- Battle of Stanwick
- Battle of Yiwulu
- Battle of the Altai Mountains
- Battle of the Angrivarian Wall
- Battle of the Medway
- Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
- Boudican revolt
- Caratacus' last battle
- Galilee campaign (67)
- List of battles before 301
- Masada
- Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
- Siege of Yodfat
60s conflicts
- Alexandria riot (66)
- Battle of Bedriacum
- Battle of Beth Horon (66)
- Battle of Rhandeia
- Battle of Vesontio (68)
- Boudican revolt
- First Jewish–Roman War
- Galilee campaign (67)
- Jerusalem riots of 66
- Jewish–Roman wars
- Revolt of the Batavi
- Roman conquest of Anglesey
- Roman–Parthian War of 58–63
- Siege of Gush Halav
- Siege of Yodfat
- Tarichaea
- Year of the Four Emperors
- Zealot Temple siege
60s in the Roman Empire
- AD 62 Pompeii earthquake
- Alexandria riot (66)
- Anicetus (pirate)
- Battle of Beth Horon (66)
- Boudica
- Boudican revolt
- First Jewish–Roman War
- Galilee campaign (67)
- Great Fire of Rome
- Jerusalem riots of 66
- Jewish–Roman wars
- Octavia (play)
- Pillage of Ein Gedi
- Pisonian conspiracy
- Revolt of the Batavi
- Roman conquest of Anglesey
- Roman–Parthian War of 58–63
- Siege of Gush Halav
- Siege of Yodfat
- Treaty of Rhandeia
- Year of the Four Emperors
- Zealot Temple siege
66
- AD 66
- Alexandria riot (66)
- Battle of Beth Horon (66)
- First Jewish–Roman War
- Jerusalem riots of 66
First Jewish–Roman War
- Abba Sakkara
- Alexandria riot (66)
- Arraba, Israel
- Battle of Beth Horon (66)
- Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village)
- Bersabe
- Caesar's Messiah
- First Jewish Revolt coinage
- First Jewish–Roman War
- Galilee campaign (67)
- Gamla
- Garis (Galilee)
- Gerasa (Judaea)
- Jamnith
- Jerusalem riots of 66
- Joseph ben Gurion
- Judean provisional government
- Kefar Shihlayim
- Legio IV Scythica
- Legio V Macedonica
- Legio VI Ferrata
- Legio X Fretensis
- Legio XII Fulminata
- Legio XV Apollinaris
- Legio XXII Deiotariana
- Machaerus
- Masada
- Mount Atzmon
- Niger the Perean
- Pillage of Ein Gedi
- Sicarii
- Siege of Gush Halav
- Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
- Siege of Jerusalem (poem)
- Siege of Masada
- Siege of Yodfat
- Tarichaea
- The Dovekeepers (novel)
- The Jewish War
- The Prophecy of Basilides
- Yafa an-Naseriyye
- Yodfat
- Zealot Temple siege
- Zealots
Jewish military history
- 16th Rifle Division
- Battle of Beth Horon (66)
- Battle of Khaybar
- Berek Joselewicz
- Cantonist
- Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum
- Disarmament of the German Jews
- Invasion of Banu Nadir
- Israel Defense Forces History Museum
- Israeli Air Force Museum
- Jewish War Veterans
- Jewish military history
- Jewish rebellions
- Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
- Jewish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
- Jewish–Roman wars
- Judean Civil War
- List of conflicts in the southern Levant
- Maccabean Revolt
- Maccabees
- Military history of Israel
- Nili
- Siege of Banu Qaynuqa
- Siege of Banu Qurayza
- Violent conflicts involving the Yishuv
- War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness