Broken Mountain - Samaritan Revolt and the War for the Sacred Heartland of Byzantium

For nearly a century, the heartland of Palestine erupted in fire. Between 484 and 573 CE, the Samaritan people — the descendants of ancient Israel who had worshipped on Mount Gerizim since before the Jerusalem Temple was built — launched five successive revolts against the Byzantine Empire's systematic campaign to destroy them. They fought for their sacred mountain, occupied by an imperial garriso...