The Roman world
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Judea
Judea was a land at the east end of the Mediterranean. Rome ruled it.
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People there kept their own faith and laws. Roman rule felt heavy. A war in the first century was terrible for the people who lived in Jerusalem.
What happened here
AD 70
Jerusalem is taken
Titus’s army captured the city during a revolt. The temple was destroyed. It was a deep loss.