During the Roman Empire, Jews and Christians were treated indifferently compared to polytheists. During the Great Revolt (66-70 CE), Rome invaded Judea and destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE. In "Sources for the Cultures of the West" Document 7.1, Josephus explains how Jews were treated during the Roman invasion of Jerusalem. "The number of corpses that lay in piles everywhere was indeed a horrible sight...The number of Jews who died of famine in the city was prodigious, their sufferings unspeakable." In "Letter to Tacitus" in Document 7.2, Pliny the Younger, nephew of the naturalist Pliny the Elder, wrote of his Uncle's death by inhalation of Mount Vesuvius' volcanic fumes. In his "Letter to Trajan," he asked Emperor Trojan of Rome (from
