The Bar Kokhba Revolt

Jewish Warfare in Roman Judea, 132 to 135 AD

von James E. Auman

232 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What drives a people to defy the strongest empire of its age, knowing exactly what it did to them before?

In 132 AD, Rome announced that Jerusalem would be rebuilt as a Roman city crowned by a temple to Jupiter. The answer was a rebellion led by Simon bar Kokhba, hailed by many as the Messiah. Within months, an entire Roman legion may have vanished, and Jerusalem may have fallen back into Jewish hands.

Then Emperor Hadrian answered: up to twelve legions and detachments, some 80,000 to 100,000 soldiers. What followed was no single grand battle but a slow, ruthless squeeze, and it ended at a fortress called Betar.

The Bar Kokhba Revolt: Jewish Warfare in Roman Judea, 132 to 135 AD follows the whole story, from the ashes of Jerusalem to the desert caves where the rebels made their last stand. The hidden story behind this war lives in what they left behind. Inside, you will discover:

- How a disarmed province built a working rebel state, with camps, commanders, and written orders- Why Rabbi Akiva declared a general the Messiah, and what it cost him- How a patient Roman commander beat guerrillas without charging them- What the letters, armor, and arrowheads found in the caves reveal

>What you are about to read may change how you see the Roman Empire, and what it cost to defy it.

Ready to step into the caves? Buy now and discover what the desert remembers.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175960625
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published