Barry Strauss, Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire, joins the show to discuss the long, fractious, often violent relationship between Ancient Rome and her Jewish subjects. 

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    •      01:11 Introduction

    •      01:37 Rome and Parthia

    •      07:50 Judea    

    •      12:07 Roman control 

    •      17:58 Jewish warfighting       

    •      20:20 Herod     

    •      26:03 The Great Revolt

    •      31:06 Enter Parthia

    •      33:23 The Temple   

    •      35:01 70 years 

    •      40:24 Driven out 

    •      42:02 Parallels with today

    •      44:33 Donald Kagan

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