Maps. Map 1. Herod's kingdom, including major benefaction sites
Map 2. Regional map of the Roman Near East
Map 3. The Roman Empire during the early first century CE
Map 4. Jerusalem in 70 CE
Introduction: A small and insignificant war?
Part I. The breakdown of the Herodian model. Herod Agonistes
The little revolt of 4 BCE
From ethnarchy to province
The owl and the golden chain
Procurators, prophets, and dagger-men
Part II. The war in the north. The regional cleansing
The Clades Cestiana (Cestian disaster)
"I go, not as a traitor, but as your servant"
Vespasian the war criminal
Part III. A tale of two temples. "Now you have our vote"
Part IV. Jupiter Capitolinus and the God of Israel. The tragedies of triumph
Part V. God's plan. The causes of the war(s)
The course and outcome of the war
In the beginning were the words
Appendices: Contexts and contentions. Appendix A: Sources for the war
Appendix B: Chronology: from the Herodian model to the Arch of Titus in the Circus Maximus
Appendix C: The costs of munificence
Appendix D: The Herodian dynasty
Appendix E: High priests from Herod the Great to 68 CE
Appendix F: Tiers of authority from Rome to Judaea
Appendix G: The Roman Legion around 4 BCE
Appendix H: The Roman province of Judaea, 6 CE?
Appendix I: Cestius's army, summer 66 CE
Appendix J: Vespasian's army at Ptolemais, spring 67 CE
Appendix K: Titus's army, spring 70 CE
Appendix L: Silva's army at Masada, spring 74 CE
Appendix M: Four campaigns
Appendix N: The second speech of Eleazar ben Yair
Appendix O: Key topographical sites in the regions of the war, Jerusalem, and Rome.
