Yaƙin Yahudawa-Romawa na farko (66-74 AZ) ya nuna babban rikici tsakanin Yahudawan Yahuda da Daular Roma.Tashin hankali, da mulkin zalunci na Romawa, jayayyar haraji, da fadace-fadacen addini suka taso, sun taso a shekara ta 66 A.Z. a lokacin Sarkin Daular Nero.Satar kuɗi daga Haikali na Biyu na Urushalima da kuma kama shugabannin Yahudawa da gwamnan Roma, Gessius Florus ya yi, ya haifar da tawaye.’Yan tawayen Yahudawa sun kama sansanin Romawa na Urushalima, inda suka kori masu goyon bayan Romawa ciki har da Sarki Hirudus Agrippa na biyu.Martanin Romawa, wanda Gwamnan Siriya Cestius Gallus ya jagoranta, da farko ya ga nasara kamar nasara Jaffa amma ya sha babban kaye a yakin Beth Horon, inda ’yan tawayen Yahudawa suka yi wa Romawa mummunar asara.An kafa gwamnati ta wucin gadi a Urushalima, tare da fitattun shugabanni da suka haɗa da Ananus ben Ananus da Josephus.Sarkin Roma Nero ya dora Janar Vespasian alhakin murkushe tawayen.Vespasian, tare da ɗansa Titus da sojojin Sarki Agrippa II, sun kaddamar da yaƙi a ƙasar Galili a cikin 67, suna kama manyan wuraren Yahudawa.Rikicin ya yi kamari a birnin Kudus saboda rikicin cikin gida tsakanin bangarorin Yahudawa.A shekara ta 69, Vespasian ya zama sarki, ya bar Titus ya kewaye Urushalima, wadda ta faɗi a shekara ta 70 A.Z.Romawa sun lalata Haikali da yawancin Urushalima, sun bar al’ummar Yahudawa cikin rudani.Yaƙin ya ƙare da nasarorin da Romawa suka yi a sauran wuraren da Yahudawa suke da ƙarfi, ciki har da Masada (72-74 AZ).Rikicin ya yi mummunar tasiri a kan yawan Yahudawa, tare da kashe mutane da yawa, ko gudun hijira, ko bautar da su, kuma ya kai ga lalata Haikali da gagarumin tashin hankali na siyasa da na addini.