battle, ancient

Battle of Jerusalem

Battle of Jerusalem was a battle fought in AD 66 at Jerusalem, in what is now Israel. It was part of First Jewish-Roman War, which ran from AD 66 to AD 74.

See it on the globe

Jerusalem in the 1st century CE. Thomas Ihle at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	AD 66 (year precision)
Place	Jerusalem, Israel 31.779N, 35.229E
Part of	First Jewish-Roman War (AD 66 to AD 74)
Kind	Battle, ancient

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Jerusalem 597 BC, 0.1 km
Battle of Jerusalem 1917, 0.3 km
Siege of Jerusalem AD 70, 0.6 km
Battle of Mandelbaum Gate 1948, 1.0 km
Siege of Jerusalem 1099, 1.3 km

In the same war

Before: Battle of Beth Horon AD 66
After: Siege of Ascalon AD 67
All 12 engagements of First Jewish-Roman War

Battle of Jerusalem is one of 33 engagements of the 1st century in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q9173065, released under CC0. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.