Posted on 10/22/2014 5:02:42 AM PDT by SJackson
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists said Tuesday they have discovered a large stone with Latin engravings that lends credence to the theory that the reason Jews revolted against Roman rule nearly 2,000 ago was because of their harsh treatment.
Israel's Antiquities Authority said the stone bears the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian and the year of his visit to Jerusalem, a few years before the failed Bar Kochba revolt in the second century A.D. The inscription backs up historical accounts that Rome's Tenth Legion was present in Jerusalem in the run-up to the revolt.
The cause of the Jewish revolt, which resulted in their exile, is disputed. It is unclear whether they rose up independently or were provoked by harsh Roman measures, but the presence of the legion would give credence to the latter.
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A Zionist lie! Abu Mazen said that there was no historic Jewish presence in al-Quds!
[Please don’t tell me I need a /sarc tag!]
Well, it’s really quite simple. The holocaust never happened, and it never happened 2,000 years ago, either. But Jooos! started coming to al Quds right after the holocaust 2,000 years ago that didn’t happen.
And Hitler was a great guy for committing the nonexistent Holocaust. Got it.
...lends credence to the theory that the reason Jews revolted against Roman rule nearly 2,000 ago was because of their harsh treatment. Israel's Antiquities Authority said the stone bears the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian and the year of his visit to Jerusalem, a few years before the failed Bar Kochba revolt in the second century A.D. The inscription backs up historical accounts that Rome's Tenth Legion was present in Jerusalem in the run-up to the revolt.Thanks SJackson.
“that lends credence to the theory that the reason Jews revolted against Roman rule nearly 2,000 ago was because of their harsh treatment.”
What have the Romans ever done for us (Monty Python)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9foi342LXQE
It’s a shame there was no Josephus for the Second Revolt. We know so little about what actually happened, yet Rome apparently considered the rebels an existential threat.
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