ablish diplomatic relations with the Roman Republic. The Romans forbid the Jews proselytize or build temples and are banned from Rome in 139 BCE. Flaccus a Roman governor prevents Jews in his provience to send contributions to Jerusalem. Julius Caesar death is mourned by Jews of Rome as a benefactor of their people March 44 BCE. Augustus allows Jews to send shekel to the Temple. In 19 ACE Tiberius’ reign prohibited the spread of the Jewish faith by taking four-thousand Jews of military age and sends them to fight in Sardinia the rest are banished. Anti-Jewish riots break out in Alexandria during Galius Caligulas’ reign. Many Jews are killed and the rest leave their homes and form gettos in one quarter of the city, Thirty-eight members of the Gerusia are arrested and flogged. The Jews were granted a pardon by the next ruler however, Claudius said, “Because I believe they are worthy of it for their loyalty and friendship to the Romans.” Claudius affirms Jews rights to Alexandria. This however did not stop the hardships for the Jews. The land of Israel is made into a Roman province governed by an official of equestrian rank circa 6 ACE. In 26 ACE Pontius Pilate is appointed procurator and tensions mount between Romans and Jews. The death of John the Baptist in 30 ACE the Romans accused Jesus of Nazareth of pretending to be King of the Jews is crucified. The accession of Claudius wishing to appease the Jews and his personal friendship with Agrippa, Claudius places for the first time in a half-century all the lands of Palestine. Tensions rise between Greeks and Jews towards the end of the 50’s ACE. The great revolt against Rome leaves Jerusalem into Roman hands once again. Around 66 ACE scores of Jews in Damascus are taken to a gymnasium and massacred. Judea becomes a Roman province again under the leadership of a Roman official. During 117 ACE Judea becomes a property of Hadrian. He will visit in 129 ACE and di...
