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• By this time, as recorded in Josephus’ The Wars of the Jews, the Romans started a massive campaign of killing Jews across the Land of Israel, starting in the north (in the Galilee) and working their way southwards. Immense numbers of Jews were killed. Everywhere they were found, Jewish books and Hebrew scrolls are burnt in massive quantities.
• The Jewish Revolt against Rome begins with massacre of the Jerusalem Roman garrison in October of that year (A.D. 66). The Romans of Caesarea kill 20,000 Jews.
• The Jewish army (the Zealots) defeats and massacres the Roman garrison at Masada. The Romans, in just a few short years, came back for revenge, leading to the destruction of Masada in A.D. 73.