>> that's when, according to the jewish historian joseiphus, the roman general titus surrounded jerusalem. titus, a brutal warrior, cut off the city's food and water in order to starve the people out. >> to defeat jewish faction. he let the internal revolutionaries fight the battle for him. >> titus and his troops then breached the walls of jerusalem. they attacked the temple, slaughtering more than half a million jews with sword, fire, and crucifixion.