Destruction of the Second Temple
Rome razes Jerusalem.
The facts
| Dates | AD 70 |
|---|---|
| Scripture | Matt. 24:2 |
| Era | The Early Church |
| Source | Chart + scripture |
Where this sits on the chart
Destruction of the Second Temple falls 4074 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the The Early Church arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
Which represents the height of the Roman Empire1 BC/AD – AD 1Birth of Jesus ChristAD 4The Crucifixion and ResurrectionAD 33PentecostAD 33The composition of the Gospels of the New TestamentAD 70 – AD 100The destruction of the Second Templein JerusalemAD 70Construction of the Colosseum is completed in RomeAD 80The rule of Roman Emperor Trajan, during the peak of the Roman EmpireAD 98 – AD 117
Now see where it sits
Everything on this page has a place on one 45×37″ chart — and once you can see what came before and after it, it stops being a fact and starts being a story you can follow.