
065- Burn It To The Ground
The History of Rome
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The Great Jewish Revolt
In 66 a d. parthia would be able to appoint the monarch of armenia, but their choice had to be ratified by the roman emperor. So the two sides met and struck a deal. Tyridates then did travel to rome to meet with the emperor and accept his crown. In closing out the ceremony, nero even went so far as to close the rarely closed gates of the temple of janus,. which signalled the arrival of universal peace. Next week, just months after the gates swing shut, they will be opened again. The always simmering province of judea will finally boil over, leading to what is now known as the great jewish revolt.
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