conquest in 586. (A number of other events from the period of the monarchy can also be correlated with Assyrian and Babylonian records.) The chronology of the Second Temple period is relatively secure. The restoration of the Jewish community after the exile is dated to 539. The Maccabean revolt took place between 168 and 164 B.C.E. The Roman general Pompey entered Jerusalem in 63 B.C.E. The first Jewish revolt against Rome broke out in 66 C.E., and the Jerusalem temple was destroyed by the Romans
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