The Conquest of Gamla by the Romans

We are at the lower part of the Golan region in northern Israel, overlooking the ancient city of Gamla.
One of the last actions of suppressing the revolt in the Galilee, and perhaps the most dramatic of them, took place in Gamla. Why did Vespasian put so much effort into conquering a city in a relatively remote place? There are two reasons which I explain them both in the video.
According to Josephus Flavious, Vespasian’ troops included three legions: the fifth, the tenth and the fifteenth, all together 18,000 soldiers. In addition, there were 22 infantry battalions, 6 cavalry battalions, 11,000-foot archers, 2,000 cavalries from allied armies, and 3,000 Agrippa’s soldiers. A total of 55,000 soldiers. Gamla could not contain a population larger than 5,000 people, of which only about 1,000 were soldiers. If we add to these 4,000 warriors from the surrounding villages, then the situation is that there were only 5,000 defenders. In addition to the huge number of soldiers, the Roman army had powerful artillery.
About the course of the battle, the explanation of the military actions and the difficult result, everything in this video.

Yehuda Holtzman

[paulbahn]

Nicely done! Thanks for preparing. Very interesting and insightful.

[PascalSalmaggi-ocje]

Were there😂 water cisterns and where were they please?. Also was there any cultivated areas nearby? Thank you

[enscroggs]

Conquer is a verb and consequently makes little sense as used in the title of this video. I suggest editing the title to read, "The Conquest of Gamla by the Romans".