Pompey's Capture of Jerusalem (63 BCE)

63 BCE · Kudüs · military

On the pretext of intervening in the Hasmonean civil war, Pompey besieged Jerusalem and entered the Temple Mount — the first Roman to enter the inner chambers of the Temple (the Holy of Holies).

Judaea was turned into a client kingdom of Rome. | One of the most traumatic periods in Jewish history; the beginning of Roman domination.

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What was Pompey's Capture of Jerusalem (63 BCE)?
On the pretext of intervening in the Hasmonean civil war, Pompey besieged Jerusalem and entered the Temple Mount — the first Roman to enter the inner chambers of the Temple (the Holy of Holies).
When did Pompey's Capture of Jerusalem (63 BCE) happen?
63 BCE
Where did Pompey's Capture of Jerusalem (63 BCE) take place?
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