Events Tagged: "destroyed"

Sibylline Books destroyed in fire - Temple of Jupiter burns, books lost, Romans send envoys across Mediterranean to collect replacement prophecies

Battle of Beth Horon - Jewish rebels destroy XIIth Legion, capture eagle standard and siege equipment

Eleusinian Mysteries ended - Alaric the Goth destroys sanctuary, 2000-year tradition ends, last hierophant laments gods have abandoned Greece

Stilicho burns Sibylline Books - Christian general destroys last pagan prophecies, ending 900 years of consultation