Bar Kokhba Revolt and Roman Response

Meanwhile, the Jews were at it again, about to throw

yet another revolt.

Led by the proclaimed Messiah Bar Kokhba, he promised to retake

Judea by any means necessary.

He gathered his fanatical Jews, slaughtered the local Roman garrisons, and

retook Jerusalem for themselves.

When the local legions tried to restore peace, they were pushed back by half a

million rebel Jews.

Bar Kokhba purged Judea of all non-Jews, Romans and Christians

alike, along with their wives and children.

When news of the massacre reached the emperor,

Hadrian went mad.

He sailed for Judea, followed by twelve legions,

and started killing

every single Jew he found. No mercy was

showed, no quarter given. Hadrian would settle with nothing

less

than the complete destruction of Judea.