The Siege of Jerusalem is a decisive event in the First Jewish-Roman War, followed by the fall of Masada in 73.
The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus, with Tiberius Julius Alexander as his second-in-command, besieges and conquers the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66.
The city and its famous Temple are completely destroyed.The destruction of the Temple is still mourned annually as the Jewish fast Tisha B'Av, and the Arch of Titus, depicting and celebrating the sack of Jerusalem and the Temple, still stands in Rome.
