I've been reading a series of three books which tells the story of Jerusalem during the time of Jesus from the eyes of a family who lived there. I'm on the third book now and they're each about 600 pages long.
One of the sons is a Jewish Zealot who wants to kick the Romans out of Jerusalem for good and who gets in a lot of trouble.
Many of those Jews thought that Jesus would conquer Rome and were disappointed when he didn't.
I learned that Roman Legionaries serve in the army for 30 years.
I also learned that money changers were at the temple in Jerusalem because when people came for Passover they wouldn't accept money with the head of someone else on it since it was like an idol.
So they would change the Roman coins for shekels although they weren't always honest and many people were cheated out of their money.
My favorite thing though was reading the story and seeing how the people listened and started to understand or didn't understand the message Jesus was teaching them.
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