Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)

Jerusalem on the eve of the revolt

!A scale model reconstruction of Jerusalem during the first century CE, part of the [Holyland Model of Jerusalem at the Israel Museum](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/20110225Israel0413Jerusalem%285539905325%29.jpg/330px-20110225Israel0413Jerusalem%285539905325%29.jpg)

Destruction of the Second Temple

![The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem), painting by Nicolas Poussin (1626)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/NicolasPoussin-TheDestructionandSackoftheTempleofJerusalem-GoogleArtProject.jpg/250px-NicolasPoussin-TheDestructionandSackoftheTempleofJerusalem-GoogleArtProject.jpg)

Destruction of Jerusalem

!Stones from the [Western Wall of the Temple Mount thrown onto the street by Roman soldiers](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/NinthAvStonesWesternWall.JPG/250px-NinthAvStonesWesternWall.JPG)

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