Events Tagged: "Bar Kokhba"

Bar Kokhba revolt begins - Hadrian's plan to rebuild Jerusalem as pagan city triggers massive Jewish revolt

Bar Kokhba declares himself Messiah - Rabbi Akiva endorses him, Christians refuse to join rebellion

Bar Kokhba revolt crushed - Jerusalem renamed Aelia Capitolina, Jews banned from city, Judea renamed Syria Palaestina

Bar Kokhba revolt crushed - Jerusalem renamed Aelia Capitolina, Jews banned, final Jewish-Christian split

Sanhedrin relocates to Galilee - After Bar Kokhba defeat, rabbinic center moves to Usha, then Tiberias

Romans rename Judea to Syria Palaestina - after Bar Kokhba revolt, name derived from ancient Philistines to erase Jewish connection