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Why isn't Iyar 16 a fast day?
There are fast days through the year which commemorate the process leading to the destruction of the temple. The way I learned them, there was a date marking the beginning of the siege, one for the breaching of the walls and one for the ultimate burning of the Beit Hamikdash.
I just read on chabad.org that today, the 16th of Iyar marks another day in the process
Romans Razed Jerusalem Wall (70):
In the year 70 CE (3830 from Creation), Titus and the Roman army laid siege upon Jerusalem, greatly weakening its defenders. On the 16th of Iyar, the Romans razed the middle wall of Jerusalem. The city was later burned, its inhabitants massacred, and the Temple destroyed on the 9th of Av.
Why would this not have been marked by a fast?
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