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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is it called Palestine? What happened to the Second Temple?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Romans. Trajan sacked Jerusalem after a 5 month of siege to put out the Great Jewish Revolt (70CE). That's when the Second Temple was destroyed. Trajan's column shows Roman soldiers carting off a giant menorah in commemoration.

Palestine is from the Latin for Philistia, the lands of another ancient Canaanite tribe.

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