First Jewish–Roman War |First Jewish-Roman War| |Part of the
Jewish-Roman wars| Judaea and Galilee in the first century
|Roman Empire||Judean rebels:||Radical factions:| |Commanders
and leaders| |Eliezar ben Hanania Yosef ben Matityahu |Yohanan
of Gush Halav Eleazar ben Simon Eleazer ben Ya'ir |1 Legion &
reinforements (30,000) in Beth Horon; 5 Legions (60,000–80,000)
at Jerusalem siege |25,000+ Jewish militiamen Few hundred
Adiabene warriors |Casualties and losses| |20,000 soldiers
killed||tens of thousands||thousands| |Total killed: 250,000 –
1.1 million Jewish militants and civilians killed;97,000
enslaved| The First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes
called The Great Revolt (Hebrew: המרד הגדול, ha-Mered Ha-Gadol,
Latin: Primum Iudæorum Romani Bellum.), was the first of three
major rebellions by the Jews of Judaea Province (Iudaea),
against the Roman Empire. The second was the Kitos War in
115–117 CE; the third was Bar Kokhba's revolt of 132–135 CE).
The Great Revolt began in the year 66 CE, originated