12-01-2011, 02:14 AM
Interesting. I wonder if anyone is actually pro-Zealot these days. At the very least it was foolish to revolt against Rome at the absolute height of her power. If the Roman civil war did not coincide with the revolt the outcome would probably not have been nearly as bad. Vespasian needed a victory against a 'foreign' enemy to help prop up his new regime.
The Judeans had little cause to revolt. It wasn't as if they were living under the oppressive Selueucids. In fact, I think Judea under the Romans was the most ideal arrangement it could possibly hope for with the High Priest under a tolerant Roman prefect or procurator.
~Theo
The Judeans had little cause to revolt. It wasn't as if they were living under the oppressive Selueucids. In fact, I think Judea under the Romans was the most ideal arrangement it could possibly hope for with the High Priest under a tolerant Roman prefect or procurator.
~Theo
Jaime
