The Bar Kokhba Revolt. In the archaeological and historical research based on the testimony of the Roman historian Cassius Dio, it is accepted that the Bar Kokhba revolt broke out in AD 132, after Emperor Hadrian declared the establishment of a Roman colony called Aelia Capitolina. Yadin, …
In the archaeological and historical research based on the testimony of the Roman historian Cassius Dio, it is accepted that the Bar Kokhba revolt broke out in 132 CE, after Emperor Hadrian declared the establishment of a Roman colony called “Aelia Capitolina.” Simon ben Kosevah, or Cosibah, known to posterity as Bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שמעון בן כוסבה; died 135 CE), was a Jewish military leader who led the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE.The revolt established a three-year-long independent Jewish state in which Bar Kokhba ruled as Nasi ("Prince"). Simon ben Kosevah, or Cosibah, known to posterity as Bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שמעון בן כוסבה; died 135 CE), was a Jewish military leader who led the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE.The revolt established a three-year-long independent Jewish state in which Bar Kokhba ruled as Nasi ("Prince").
The Jewish–Roman wars were a series of large-scale revolts by the Jews of the Eastern Mediterranean against the Roman Empire between 66 and 135 CE. He began with the construction of a temple dedicated to Jupiter on the Temple Mount.
Yadin, Yigael, Hannah Cotton, and Andrew Gross. The text presented here comes from the sixty ninth book of Cassius Dio’s Roman History, a book starting with Hadrian’s accession to power.It is one of the books that has not been preserved at all. 1 (2009): 21–46. This short extract from Cassius Dio’s Roman History, as far as we know it through the Epitome made by Xiphilinus, is part of a larger narrative of the Bar Kokhba Revolt (the narrative of the whole revolt is analysed separately in Cassius Dio, Roman History LXIX.12-14). A Study of Cassius Dio. In the archaeological and historical research based on the testimony of the Roman historian Cassius Dio, it is accepted that the Bar Kokhba revolt broke out in 132 CE after Emperor Hadrian declared the establishment of the Roman colony Aelia Capitolina, built on Jerusalem’s ruins. “The ‘Caves of the Spear’: Refuge Caves from the Bar-Kokhba Revolt North of ʿEn-Gedi.” Israel Exploration Journal 59, no. This view is largely supported by Cassius Dio, who wrote that the revolt began with covert attacks in line with preparation of hideout systems, though after taking over the fortresses Bar Kokhba turned to direct engagement due to his superiority in numbers. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. “The ‘Caves of the Spear’: Refuge Caves from the Bar-Kokhba Revolt North of ʿEn-Gedi.” Israel Exploration Journal 59, no. Killing more than half a million Jews and destroying almost a thousand villages, the Bar Kochba Revolt (132-35) was a major event in Jewish history and a blotch on the reputation of the good emperor Hadrian.The revolt was named for a man called Shimon, on coins, Bar Kosibah, on papyrus, Bar Kozibah, on rabbinic literature, and Bar Kokhba, in Christian writing. For a short biographical presentation of Cassius Dio and of his main work, the Roman History, see Cassius Dio, Roman History XXXVII.16-17. The scholarly debate over ‘The Bar Kokhba revolt and its consequences’ has intensified in recent decades. La révolte de Bar Kokhba (132-135), en hébreu : מרד בר כוכבא Mered Bar Kokhba, ou seconde guerre judéo-romaine, est la seconde insurrection des juifs de la province de Judée contre l'Empire romain, et la dernière des guerres judéo-romaines. Porat, Roi, Hanan Eshel, and Amos Frumkin. In the archaeological and historical research based on the testimony of the Roman historian Cassius Dio, it is accepted that the Bar Kokhba revolt broke out in 132 CE after Emperor Hadrian declared the establishment of the Roman colony Aelia Capitolina, built on Jerusalem’s ruins. He began with the construction of a temple dedicated to Jupiter on the Temple Mount. A Study of Cassius Dio. In the archaeological and historical research based on the testimony of the Roman historian Cassius Dio, it is accepted that the Bar Kokhba revolt broke out in 132 CE after Emperor Hadrian declared the establishment of the Roman colony Aelia Capitolina, built on Jerusalem’s ruins. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964.
1 (2009): 21–46. Porat, Roi, Hanan Eshel, and Amos Frumkin. Millar, Fergus.