Jewish Fortress city in the Bar Kochba revolt; originally nearly “impregnable,” but after betrayal of its secret tunnel network, it fell to Rome, resulting in the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Jews and the crushing of the Bar Kochba Revolt.
Jewish Fortress city in the Bar Kochba revolt; originally nearly “impregnable,” but after betrayal of its secret tunnel network, it fell to Rome, resulting in the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Jews and the crushing of the Bar Kochba Revolt.