-63 ⟶ Pompey's Conquest and Jewish Deaths

12,000 Jews are killed by the Romans and many more are sent ...
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💀 Pompey's Conquest and Jewish Deaths

12,000 Jews are killed by the Romans and many more are sent into the diaspora during Pompey's conquest of the East.⟶
Pompey's Conquest and Jewish Deaths (-63)
Roman EmpirePompeyJewish DiasporaFirst Jewish-Roman WarJerusalemAncient HistorySiegeMilitary Conquest
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💔 Bar Kokhba Revolt Crushed and Jewish Diaspora Begins

Crushing of the Bar Kokhba revolt. According to Cassius Dio 580,000 Jews are killed. Hadrian orders the expulsion of Jews from Judea, which is merged with Galilee in order to form the province of Syria Palaestina. Although large Jewish populations remain in Samaria and Galilee, with Tiberias as the headquarters of exiled Jewish patriarchs, this is the start of the Jewish diaspora. Hadrian constructs a pagan temple to Jupiter at the site of the Temple in Jerusalem, builds Aelia Capitolina among the ruins of Jerusalem.⟶
Bar Kokhba Revolt Crushed and Jewish Diaspora Begins (132)
Roman EmpireBar Kokhba RevoltDiasporaHadrianMassacreJudeaJerusalemSyria Palaestina
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🚫 Jerusalem Renamed Aelia Capitolina and Jews Banned

Hadrian renames Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina and builds a Roman monument over the site of the Temple Mount. Jews are banned from visiting. Judea is renamed to Syria Palestina, referring to the Greek words for both the Levant as well as the region at the time.⟶
Jerusalem Renamed Aelia Capitolina and Jews Banned (136)
Roman EmpireHadrianJerusalemAelia CapitolinaJewish DiasporaReligious PersecutionSyria Palaestina
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