ABSTRACT
We have seen (page 60) that the Jewish revolt in Palestine in AD 66 was the first big shock for laissez-faire-style Roman administration. In 132, a second Jerusalem revolt had further jolted Rome out of any assumption that it could take a hands-off approach to the governing of Syria. A new province had been created out of Judaea that eliminated any reference to a Jewish identity. By the late second century, a deliberate policy of emphasising the ‘Roman-ness’ of the province had been adopted.
