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{{quote|''Since we long ago resolved never to be servants to the Romans, nor to any other than to God Himself, Who alone is the true and just Lord of mankind, the time is now come that obliges us to make that resolution true in practice...We were the very first that revolted, and we are the last to fight against them; and I cannot but esteem it as a favor that God has granted us, that it is still in our power to die bravely, and in a state of freedom.''|credited to Elazar Ben Yair at Masada}}

 

This war was ritualistically mourned by Jews through the ages. It was the beginning of the custom of pouring part of the Passover wine on the ground in mourning for the lost Temple as well as the [[Catch Phrase]] "Next Year In Jerusalem". It was also the beginning of adjustments in Jewish doctrine which included the end of the priesthood, and the increase in the prestige of the Rabbinate, with their expertise in the study of [[The Talmud]].

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: In 66, Gessius Florus, the Procurator ordered a massacre in the market of Jerusalem [[For the Evulz|for no clear reason]], which the Jews regarded as the [[This Is Unforgivable!|last straw]]. Whereupon the Jews rose and slaughtered the soldiers responsible. The Romans considered that a [[This Means War]].

* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Masada

* [[Urban Warfare]]

* [[We ARE Struggling Together!]]: Factionalism tended to hurt the Jewish cause.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Roundly mocked in [[Monty Python]]'s ''[[Life of Brian]]'', also managing to skewer the increasingly-fractious British Left of the 1970s (a criticism that would grow [[Harsher in Hindsight|all too painful]] in [[Margaret Thatcher|the '80s]]).