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20 Best Shows About Ancient Rome, Ranked  Collider

New film portrays Jewish revolt against Romans in vivid, gripping detail  The Times of Israel

Book details Jews’ two-century fight against Roman Empire  College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell

Zealotry is dividing Israel — and a groundbreaking film shows it’s not the first time  The Forward

Red Traces, Part 12: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Revolt  Counterfire

Roman Polanski’s Dreyfus Affair Movie ‘An Officer and a Spy’ Finally Opens in the US  Baltimore Jewish Times

Film composed of 1,500 paintings depicting ancient Jewish civil strife struggles to find an audience outside Israel  The Art Newspaper

Siege of Masada: Smithsonian Doc Is More of a Tie-In  Solzy at the Movies

Buddhism Arrives in China & Halley’s Comet in the First Jewish-Roman War | 61AD – 70AD  tgnreview.com

Emperor Titus: the underrated Roman emperor that history forgot  HistoryExtra

‘Legend of Destruction’ Carries Modern & Ancient Message  Atlanta Jewish Times

‘Jews vs. Rome’ Review: The Longest Rebellion  WSJ

“Jojo Rabbit” Is a Hilarious and Deeply Moving World War II Satire  JewishBoston

For a Fractured Israel, a Film Offers Ominous Lessons From Ancient Past (Published 2021)  The New York Times

Story of World War II’s ‘life-saving disease’ told in new indie Catholic film  Angelus News

Timeline of Ancient Rome: 1,229 Years of Significant Events  History Hit

‘Why War’ Review: Amos Gitai’s Rumination on Conflict Lacks Specificity  Variety

Movie Review: “Ben-Hur” loses heart  rogersmovienation.com

Flavius Josephus, Lion Feuchtwanger and the Eternal Struggle with History  Moment Magazine

Has Rome declared an artichoke war?  BBC

Who really led the Bar Kochba revolt? New research sheds light on rebellion’s enigmas  The Times of Israel

2021 film about the destruction of the Second Temple finds new resonance after Oct. 7  The Times of Israel

The Roman Vishniac Collection  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

One Insult After Another: The Heresy in “One Battle After Another”  Catholic Stand

Italian Jews: Rome, the Renaissance and Beyond  Moment Magazine

Here’s what you read in 2021: JTA’s 10 most-read stories  Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Second Temple Destruction, Siege of Masada Fortress & Roman Colosseum Construction | 71AD – 80AD  tgnreview.com

'mother!' Is Better Understood If You Consider Jewishness  The Mary Sue