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The Jewish-Roman wars were a series of revolts by the Jews of Iudaea Province
Iudaea Province

Iudaea was a Roman province that extended over the former region of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel. It was named after the tetrarchy of Judea of which it was an expansion, the latter name deriving from the Kingdom of Judah of the 6th century BCE....
 against the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. Some sources use the term to refer only to the First Jewish-Roman War
First Jewish-Roman War

The first Jewish-Roman War , sometimes called The Great Revolt , was the first of three Jewish-Roman wars by the Jews of Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire ....
 (66–73) and Bar Kokhba revolt (132-135). Other sources include the Kitos War
Kitos War

The Kitos War is the name given to the second of the Jewish-Roman wars. The name comes from the Mauretanian Roman general Lusius Quietus who ruthlessly suppressed a Jewish revolt in Mesopotamia and was sent to Iudaea to handle the revolt there as procurator under Trajan, a position he held until he was recalled to Rome and executed by Hadr...
 (115–117) as one of the Jewish-Roman wars; however this revolt started in Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica or Cirenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya and also an ex-province or state of the country in the pre-1963 administrative system....
, and merely its final stages were actually fought in Iudaea Province.






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The Jewish-Roman wars were a series of revolts by the Jews of Iudaea Province
Iudaea Province

Iudaea was a Roman province that extended over the former region of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel. It was named after the tetrarchy of Judea of which it was an expansion, the latter name deriving from the Kingdom of Judah of the 6th century BCE....
 against the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. Some sources use the term to refer only to the First Jewish-Roman War
First Jewish-Roman War

The first Jewish-Roman War , sometimes called The Great Revolt , was the first of three Jewish-Roman wars by the Jews of Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire ....
 (66–73) and Bar Kokhba revolt (132-135). Other sources include the Kitos War
Kitos War

The Kitos War is the name given to the second of the Jewish-Roman wars. The name comes from the Mauretanian Roman general Lusius Quietus who ruthlessly suppressed a Jewish revolt in Mesopotamia and was sent to Iudaea to handle the revolt there as procurator under Trajan, a position he held until he was recalled to Rome and executed by Hadr...
 (115–117) as one of the Jewish-Roman wars; however this revolt started in Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica or Cirenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya and also an ex-province or state of the country in the pre-1963 administrative system....
, and merely its final stages were actually fought in Iudaea Province.
  • First Jewish-Roman War
    First Jewish-Roman War

    The first Jewish-Roman War , sometimes called The Great Revolt , was the first of three Jewish-Roman wars by the Jews of Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire ....
     (66–73) — also called the First Jewish Revolt or the Great Jewish Revolt.
  • Kitos War
    Kitos War

    The Kitos War is the name given to the second of the Jewish-Roman wars. The name comes from the Mauretanian Roman general Lusius Quietus who ruthlessly suppressed a Jewish revolt in Mesopotamia and was sent to Iudaea to handle the revolt there as procurator under Trajan, a position he held until he was recalled to Rome and executed by Hadr...
     (115–117) — sometimes called the Second Jewish-Roman War.
  • Bar Kokhba revolt (132–135) — also called the Second Jewish-Roman War (when Kitos War is not counted), or the Third (when the Kitos War is counted).


Further revolts by the Jews in Iudaea Province:
  • War against Gallus
    War against Gallus

    The War against Gallus was a Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire directed against the rule of Constantius Gallus, brother-in-law of Emperor Constantius II and Caesar of the East....
     (351) — the Jewish revolt originating in Sepphoris.
  • Revolt against Heraclius
    Revolt against Heraclius

    The Revolt against Heraclius was a Jewish insurrection against the Byzantine Empire coming into aid of the Persian Empire invaders....
     (613) — the Jewish revolt originating in Tiberias
    Tiberias

    Tiberias is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius....
    .


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