Answer: In the fall of ad 66 the Jews combined in revolt, expelled the Romans from Jerusalem, and overwhelmed in the pass of Beth-Horon a Roman punitive force under Gallus, the imperial legate in Syria. ... After the fall of the fortress of Jatapata, Josephus gave himself up, and the Roman forces swept the country.5 days ago
A explosion, which is unknown even to today what caused it to blow up.... but the US blamed it on the Spanish and declared war on Spain
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