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I’ve heard before from some Christians that the book Revelations is actually about the sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans, rather than an account of the apocalypse that will come. Is there any truth to this, and do any of the events depicted in Revelations refer to things Rome did to Jerusalem?

by /u/CMangus117 in /r/AskHistorians

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