What in the world was the Bar Kokhba Revolt? The Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136 CE),[3] Hebrew: מרד בר כוכבא or mered bar kokhba, was the third major rebellion by the Jews of Judaea Province against the Roman Empire and the last of the Jewish–Roman wars. The rebellion is also known as The Third Jewish–Roman War or The Third Jewish Revolt, though some historians relate it as Second Judean Revolt, not counting the Kitos War 115–117 CE, which had only marginally been fought in Judea.[citation needed] The revolt is considered to be the climax of the Jewish–Roman wars, after which the Jews had become a devastated people - their cities were laid waste, over half a million killed and the survivors dispersed through the slave markets of the known world in a clear case of genocide. Note: Rome wanted desperately to absorb the Jews, change their culture and bring them into the Empire but it was never possible because of their conflict over religious and political beliefs.
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