Jews and Urban Life,

Year

2024

Publisher

Purdue University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-61249-904-8

Link

Last Update

30-Jul-2026

Keywords

Jewish Studies ; Urban Studies ; History

Description

Writing in the early second century CE, the Roman historian Tacitus sets pen to parchment to chronicle the history of the empire in the second half of the first century CE. Along the way he recounts the events of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66–73 CE). Book five of his Histories begins at the point where the Roman general and later emperor Titus has pitched his camp outside the walls of Jerusalem. In order that his readers might gain a better appreciation of the people about to be conquered, Tacitus embarks upon a lengthy digression in which he...