Battle of Beth Horon
66 · Event
Retreating from Jerusalem, the Syrian governor Cestius Gallus's army is ambushed in the pass and loses some 6,000 men and a legionary eagle.
On these timelines: Judaism, The Levant, Roman History, Major Religions, Master
More from The Levant
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Jericho settled (9000 BCE)
- Domestication of wheat in the Levant (9000 BCE)
- Nakba (1948)
- Umayyad Caliphate (661)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- King David (1040 BCE)
Around 66
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Year of the Four Emperors (68)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- Reign of Marcus Aurelius (161)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- The Nativity: Jesus is born in Bethlehem (5 BCE)