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Battle of Beth Horon
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66
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Jewish Rising against Rome

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When Zealots massacred the garrison in Jerusalem, Governor Cestius Gallus of Syria took a legion to Judea but was driven off trying to take the Temple in Jerusalem. Attacked in the northern suburb of Bezetha, Gallus retreated through Gabaon to Beth Horon, losing up to 6,000 men and his siege train. He withdrew to Syria, but fresh Roman troops soon arrived to storm Jotapata and later Jerusalem.


   
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