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Event archaeological Middle East

Masada

37 BCE – 73 CE

Mountaintop fortress above the Dead Sea where Jewish rebels made their last stand against Rome.

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Standing in 37 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

53 BCE Roman–Parthian Wars 49 BCE Caesar's Civil War 44 BCE Final War of the Roman Republic 31 BCE Battle of Actium 25 BCE Mérida (Augusta Emerita) 19 BCE Western Wall