Galilean campaign of Vespasian

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Roman military operation military campaign

The Galilean campaign of Vespasian was the Roman military offensive in northern Judea during the First Jewish–Roman War, in which General (later Emperor) Vespasian systematically subdued Galilee.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman military operation → military campaign →
belligerent	Jewish rebels → Roman Empire →
capturedCity	Gamla → Gischala → Jotapata → Sepphoris → Tarichaea → Tiberias →
commander	Titus → Vespasian →
commandStructure	Roman army in Judaea under Vespasian →
conflict	Jewish–Roman wars → surface form: "First Jewish–Roman War"
consequence	Roman control of Galilee → collapse of organized Jewish resistance in Galilee → isolation of Jerusalem →
country	Roman Empire →
endDate	68 →
era	1st century →
followedBy	Judean campaign of Vespasian →
historicalSource	Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" → surface form: "The Jewish War by Josephus"
location	Galilee → Judea → surface form: "northern Judea"
militaryForceUsed	Legio V Macedonica → Legio X Fretensis → Legio XV Apollinaris →
namedAfter	Vespasian →
notableEvent	capture of Josephus → siege of Gamla → siege of Jotapata →
objective	subjugation of Galilee → suppression of Jewish revolt in northern Judea →
opponentCommander	Flavius Josephus → surface form: "Josephus"
partOf	Jewish–Roman wars → surface form: "First Jewish–Roman War"
precededBy	initial Roman preparations in Syria →
regionControlledAfterCampaign	Galilee under Roman rule →
result	Roman victory →
startDate	67 →
strategicAim	cut off rebel strongholds in Galilee and the Golan → secure northern approaches to Jerusalem →
tactics	encirclement and reduction of fortified towns → scorched earth operations → systematic siege warfare →
theatre	Levant region → surface form: "Levant"
timePeriod	Jewish–Roman wars → surface form: "Roman–Jewish wars"

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" → coversEvent → Galilean campaign of Vespasian →

subject surface form: "The Jewish War"