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| 70 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 62/63 |
| Buddhist calendar | 613/614 (southern Buddhism); 612/613 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 46th (47th) cycle , year of the metal horse庚午 ( at the beginning of the year earth-serpent 己巳) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 212th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3830/31 (23/24 September) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCCCXXIII (823) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 380/381 (turn of April); Syria: 381/382 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 108 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 126/127 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- March: In the course of the Jewish War , the Roman general Titus begins the siege of Jerusalem on the day of Passover . According to Flavius Josephus, around three million people were in the city at this time.
- Mid-June: The attack on the city can be temporarily repulsed by the defenders.
- July: First parts of the city are captured.
- August 6th : The temple service could no longer be carried out due to the Jewish War. This ended the approximately thousand-year-old cult activity of the Jews, which was oriented towards the temple .
- August: Destruction of the Herodian Temple .
- August 30th : Jerusalem is conquered by the Romans.
- September: Titus drives the Jews out of Jerusalem. In memory of this, the Arch of Titus was donated in Rome after Titus' death .
- Suppression of an uprising of the Celtic-Germanic Treveri against the Romans (Moselle area).
- The Batavians beat the Romans at Bonn Fort and destroy the Vetera legionary camp . Nevertheless, the Batavian revolt was put down after a year.
China
economy
The coinage of the Jewish War ended with the fall of Jerusalem .
Born
- around 70: Menelaus , mathematician († around 140 )
- around 70: Suetonius , Roman writer († around 135 )
Died
- Suinin , 11th Emperor of Japan (* 69 BC )
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso , Roman politician
- Gaius Fonteius Agrippa , Roman politician (* before 15)
- Jesus ben Ananias , Jewish prophet
- around 70: Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella , Roman writer
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