12-07-2011, 02:43 AM
Theodosius, this man was almost the sole reason why Judaea revolted :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gessius_Florus
You are right that the zealots and Siccarii bands which turned Jerusalem into a blood soaked city before and whilst the Romans sieged it were a main cause of the Judaean revolt failing. The national (Jewish) feelings of these groups are uncertain.
Thousands were slain by Vespasianus' indiscriminate terror offensive before Jerusalem was attacked by Titus. The entire idea of a nationalist movement is in my honest opinion an Israeli invention by amongst others Yadin who excavated Masada. The Jews did want to be free, and have their own rulers, even might have wanted to have a socius status towards Rome itself, but nationalism is a strange word to express what the Judaean rebels might have felt.
M.VIB.M.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gessius_Florus
You are right that the zealots and Siccarii bands which turned Jerusalem into a blood soaked city before and whilst the Romans sieged it were a main cause of the Judaean revolt failing. The national (Jewish) feelings of these groups are uncertain.
Thousands were slain by Vespasianus' indiscriminate terror offensive before Jerusalem was attacked by Titus. The entire idea of a nationalist movement is in my honest opinion an Israeli invention by amongst others Yadin who excavated Masada. The Jews did want to be free, and have their own rulers, even might have wanted to have a socius status towards Rome itself, but nationalism is a strange word to express what the Judaean rebels might have felt.
M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
