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• After the withdrawal of Gallus and the Battle of Beth-horon (a battle against the Jews, which the Romans lost), a great number of people fled the city of Jerusalem, and headed east over the Jordan River to safety in the area of Pella, Jordan. Early Christian settlements sprung up all over the Roman Decapolis. During the flight out, a large number of documents were hidden in the Dead Sea area along the route, to become the Dead Sea Scrolls that we know of today.
• In A.D. 67, General Vespasian and his son Titus come across the Euphrates River. They arrived in Judea from Syria with four Roman legions to destroy the Jewish revolt. Vespasian and the Roman army instigate a campaign of terror against Jews, killing Jews everywhere, starting from Galilee and working their way southwards.