he 66–74 Great Jewish Revolt against Rome has taken its place in legend for the Jewish ambush at Beth Horon in 66—which cost XII nearly 6,000 soldiers and an (imperial eagle standard)—the Roman siege and destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 70, and the final stand at Masada in 74. It was unique, too, for having been chronicled by a historian with access to both sides. under the Latinized name Titus Flavius Josephus.
