by hadassah | Dec 11, 2016 | Jews in the Diaspora
August 24, 410 The Golden Menorah The Visigoths led by King Alaric besieged Rome “It was at length agreed that the city should give 5,000 pounds of gold and 30,000 pounds of silver… Palladius was not able to complete the whole sum … they (e.g. the Romans) not...
by hadassah | Dec 5, 2016 | Jews in the Diaspora
December 388 Christians Destroy a Synagogue in Italy Synagogues It is alleged that Christian arsonists burned a synagogue in the Italian city of Aquilea. In a letter to Emperor Theodoric, Saint Ambrose denied the allegation, characterizing the event as “an act...
by hadassah | Oct 31, 2016 | Jews of Egypt
118 C.E. Fiscus Judaica/ The Jewish Tax/ “Jewish Streets” in Egypt What was “Jewish Egypt” like after the defeat of 117 CE? The evidence of tax receipts on ostraca is both objective and appalling. Ever since the year 70, which saw the destruction of the Temple...
by hadassah | Oct 31, 2016 | Jews of Egypt
115 C.E. – 117 C.E. The Jewish Rebellion against Emperor Trajan One undisputed fact remains: the brief idyll between the benevolent imperial couple (e.g. Trajan and Plotina) and the Jews was soon to be shattered by the revolt of 115. The reaction of the Roman...
by hadassah | Oct 31, 2016 | Jews of Egypt
113 C.E. Judeopagan Conflict in Egypt We do know that the embassies (e.g. Jews and Pagans from Alexandria) or trial must have taken place before Trajan left Rome in November 113 C.E. to make war on the Parthians. CPJUD. II 157, Col. 2 When the winter was over...
by hadassah | Oct 31, 2016 | Jews in the Diaspora
110 C.E. Suetonius (69 C.E ― 125 C.E.) Jews and Christians In his Lives of the Caesars, Suetonius gives some valuable information about Jews in the early imperial period, and for part of the data is the only source. This applies to his statements concerning the...
