Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabia and other nearby sites occurred, according to most commentators, on August 24 or 25 in 79 C.E. Read the full article “ Solomon, Socrates and Aristotle” by Theodore Feder online for free. The oldest Biblical painting includes some surprising onlookers. The earliest existing picture of a scene from the Bible–portraying the judgment of King Solomon–comes from Pompeii. According to the translator of the authoritative translation of Josephus, the ancient historian who gives us our most detailed (if sometimes unreliable see sidebar) account of the Roman destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E., it occurred on August 29 or 30. The exact corresponding date in the Gregorian calendar is also a bit uncertain. and the Second Temple, Herod’s Temple, in 70 C.E. That is the date on which observant Jews, sitting on the floor of their synagogues, still mourn the destruction of the First Temple, Solomon’s Temple, in 586 B.C.E. The rabbis compromised and chose the 9th of Av (Tisha b’Av). ![]() In 2 Kings 25:8 the date is the 7th of the Hebrew month of Av Jeremiah 52:12 says it occurred on the 10th of Av. Two different dates are given in the Hebrew Bible for the destruction of the First Temple. But the exact date of the Babylonian destruction is uncertain. with the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70?įirst the dates: The Romans destroyed the Second Temple (Herod’s Temple) on the same date that the Babylonians had destroyed the First Temple (Solomon’s Temple) in 586 B.C.E. Rather, did anyone at the time see it that way? Did anyone connect the eruption of Mt. That’s not exactly the question I want to raise, however. Nine years, almost to the day, after Roman legionaries destroyed God’s house in Jerusalem, God destroyed the luxurious watering holes of the Roman elite. Was this disaster, which occurred almost exactly nine years after Roman troops destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem, seen as God’s revenge on the conquerors of the holy city? Photo: AKG-Images. First-century accounts of the eruption by his nephew Pliny the Younger and Dio Cassius describe the terror and confusion as the affluent cities of the Bay of Naples, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, were destroyed by the violent volcano. Vesuvius while buildings crumble nearby, as depicted in this 1813 painting Vesuvius Erupting by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. “One last unending night for the world.” Overcome by the fumes and falling ash, the famed Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder and his companion collapse in view of the 79 C.E.
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