The first Jewish war, which was between 66-73 C.E., was a rebellious movement by the Jews against the Romans. At first, the Romans tried to be civil with the Jews, considering the fact that all they cared about was peace and taxes. As long as the Jews were paying their taxes, the Romans were happy and civil. The Romans also respected the Jews religion and did not force them to worship their emperor, which all the Romans had to do. They also respected the fact that they were Jewish by exempting them from joining the military because it violates their religious beliefs. However, the Jews started an anti-taxation protests that the Romans could not possibly tolerate. The Romans were forgiving and easy going on other laws, however taxation was something
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The Jews were willing to fight and die in order to protect their god, laws and traditions, and the Romans were fully aware of that. For example the Romans exempted the Jews from the worship of the emperor because they knew that forcing them to worship an emperor would have caused problems. The actual Roman Jewish tension started after 6 CE in Jerusalem; this tension caused the Roman procurator to live in Caesarea instead of Jerusalem, which left the day-to-day governing in the hands of the high priest and the Sanhedrin. The only reason the Romans were extremely tolerant to Judaism was for the sake of keeping peace, and that’s the most important value to them. However there were few incidences in which the Romans offended the Jews. For example when Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea from 26 to 36, brought Roman military into Jerusalem; they had a pagan symbols on them, which contradicts with the teachings of the Torah. Pontius Pilate pushed it even further when he took money from the temples for the empire to use. Another example was during emperor Gaius Caligula time, the emperor ordered temples to put up statues portraying him, which contradicts with the Jewish beliefs, however the Roman authorities delayed the process in order to prevent problems. The hatred for the Romans began building up, which led the Jews in Palestine to start rebelling; this eventually led to the First Jewish
The Jews were willing to fight and die in order to protect their god, laws and traditions, and the Romans were fully aware of that. For example the Romans exempted the Jews from the worship of the emperor because they knew that forcing them to worship an emperor would have caused problems. The actual Roman Jewish tension started after 6 CE in Jerusalem; this tension caused the Roman procurator to live in Caesarea instead of Jerusalem, which left the day-to-day governing in the hands of the high priest and the Sanhedrin. The only reason the Romans were extremely tolerant to Judaism was for the sake of keeping peace, and that’s the most important value to them. However there were few incidences in which the Romans offended the Jews. For example when Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea from 26 to 36, brought Roman military into Jerusalem; they had a pagan symbols on them, which contradicts with the teachings of the Torah. Pontius Pilate pushed it even further when he took money from the temples for the empire to use. Another example was during emperor Gaius Caligula time, the emperor ordered temples to put up statues portraying him, which contradicts with the Jewish beliefs, however the Roman authorities delayed the process in order to prevent problems. The hatred for the Romans began building up, which led the Jews in Palestine to start rebelling; this eventually led to the First Jewish