HIS 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Shapur I
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1 st jewish revolt ad 66 70, destruction of jewish temple in jerusalem conflict between the romans and the jews. Judea didn"t want to be absorbed by the romans and tried to overthrow the government. The romans wanted to put a pagan statue in front of the jewish. Temple and the jews refused so they destroyed the temple. The great revolt of judea marked the beginning of the jewish roman wars, which radically changed the eastern mediterranean and had a crucial impact on the development of the roman empire and the jews. Pliny / trajan the roman governor of bithynia pontus (now in modern turkey) wrote a letter to emperor trajan around 112 ad and asked for counsel on dealing with christians. The letter details an account of how pliny conducted trials of suspected christians who appeared before him as a result of anonymous accusations and asks for the emperor"s guidance on how they should be treated.
