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Isidoros, representing the Alexandrian Greeks, stated about the Jews in front of the emperor Claudius: “I accuse them of trying to stir up the entire world.” Claudius was much better disposed toward Jews than Caligula, who had challenged Jewish separatism by ordering that his statue be erected in Jerusalem’s Temple, but had died before his order could be executed. For having insinuated that Claudius’s court was filled with Jews, Isidoros was condemned to death.

Nevertheless, the edict issued by Claudius after the arbitration hearing concluded that, if Jews continued to sow dissent and “to agitate for more privileges than they formerly possessed, […] I will by all means take vengeance on them as fomenters of what is a general plague infecting the whole world.” This edict was followed by another addressed to all the Jewish communities of the empire, asking them not to “behave with contempt towards the gods of other peoples.” Finally, after more outbreaks of violence between Greeks and Jews, the Romans turned against the Jews, and, from 115 to 117, the Greeks themselves joined with their Roman conquerors in the violent repression that stamped out the Jewish community of Alexandria, of which no more is heard

Isidoros, representing the Alexandrian Greeks, stated about the Jews in front of the emperor Claudius: “I accuse them of trying to stir up the entire world.” Claudius was much better disposed toward Jews than Caligula, who had challenged Jewish separatism by ordering that his statue be erected in Jerusalem’s Temple, but had died before his order could be executed. For having insinuated that Claudius’s court was filled with Jews, Isidoros was condemned to death. Nevertheless, the edict issued by Claudius after the arbitration hearing concluded that, if Jews continued to sow dissent and “to agitate for more privileges than they formerly possessed, […] I will by all means take vengeance on them as fomenters of what is a general plague infecting the whole world.” This edict was followed by another addressed to all the Jewish communities of the empire, asking them not to “behave with contempt towards the gods of other peoples.” Finally, after more outbreaks of violence between Greeks and Jews, the Romans turned against the Jews, and, from 115 to 117, the Greeks themselves joined with their Roman conquerors in the violent repression that stamped out the Jewish community of Alexandria, of which no more is heard

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you'd think hadrian would be more demonized were that the case

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(((They))) would hate the Flavians more than anyone then. Vespasian and Titus, specifically, because they conquered and destroyed the temple.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

They just don't talk about vespasian or titus. They talk about the retarded ones like commodus and nero instead.

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That's why Rome was such a badass Empire. The Caesars actually listened to their generals. The generals were mostly right.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

The army, even the soldiers had a direct say in the government. If you do well as a soldier you get a piece of land in the conquered empire. This gives you a bigger voice in the gov. It's closer to Starship Troopers.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Depends. You might want your most humiliating defeat ever to be memory holed instead or draw minimal attention to it. But then knowing the jews, they do love playing victim.