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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48974)	8/29/2005 7:12:08 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

August 29 Jerusalem fell to Roman army Josephus before Vespasian, detail of a miniature from a Josephus manuscript, 14th century; in the … 70: The First Jewish Revolt was the result of a long series of clashes in which small groups of Jews offered sporadic resistance to the Romans, who in turn responded with severe countermeasures. In AD 66 the Jews combined in revolt, expelled the Romans from Jerusalem, and overwhelmed a Roman punitive force. A revolutionary government was then set up. Vespasian was dispatched by the Roman emperor Nero to crush the rebellion. He was joined by Titus, and together the Roman armies entered Galilee, where the historian Josephus headed the Jewish forces. Josephus's army was confronted by that of Vespasian and fled. Josephus gave himself up, and the Roman forces swept the country. On this day, the 9th of the month of Av, Jerusalem fell; the Temple was burned, and the Jewish state collapsed. 1877: Brigham Young, American religious leader and second president of the Mormon church, died in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1862: General John Pope opened the Second Battle of Bull Run (also called Second Manassas) with heavy but futile attacks on Stonewall Jackson during the American Civil War. 1842: China signed the Treaty of Nanjing, providing for the cession of Hong Kong to Great Britain, the opening of five treaty ports, the rights of British nationals accused of criminal acts in China to be tried in British courts, and a limitation on duties on imports and exports.