By the year AD 130, Hadrian had ruled the Roman Empire for more than a decade—touring its far flung provinces, and transforming it from conquest empire to unified commonwealth. And yet, one peoples in particular were not aligned with Hadrian’s grand vision. The Jewish people had been subjugated to some of the worst brutality imaginable—a fact they had not forgotten. Under eventual Roman emperor Titus, their capital of Jerusalem as well as the great Jewish temple, had been levelled to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Jews were enslaved or murdered. And now, once again under Hadrian, the Jews in Judea would fight yet once more for what seemed an impossible dream—the rebirth of an independent Jewish state in the holy land. This would be the most serious revolt yet--the Bar Kokhba Revolt. Would it succeed? Primary Sources Referenced: Cassius Dio, Roman History 13.1. Numbers 24:17. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paxromanapodcast/support