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Please time your rebellions responsibly - ie not when the infamously short-tempered autocrat is in mourning (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Explanation: The Third (and final) Jewish-Roman War occurred when the Emperor Hadrian had just finished deifying his then-dead 19-year old boytoy a few months before (problematic in its own right considering Hadrian's age, but the past is a shitty place). The Emperor Hadrian was also infamous for his short-temper and his... direct approach to threats.

For obvious reasons, the Third Jewish-Roman War did not end well for the Iudeans.

[–] jpreston2005 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh man

Other issues could have contributed to the outbreak: a heavy-handed, culturally insensitive Roman administration; tensions between the landless poor and incoming Roman colonists privileged with land-grants

A heavy-handed security presence over an indigent people, while divvying up their land to be occupied... where have I heard this before??

[–] PugJesus 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The full history of it is darker and more complex.

Roman cultural insensitivity was legendary though. "Why do we need to understand the barbarians? It's not like they have anything useful to say" Roman governor after Roman governor says, after moving statues of the gods into Jewish holy places, and then being utterly confused as to why the Jews are ungrateful for the gift honoring the gods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It helps if it's not the third one, too.