Jewish Uprising and Crucifixion in the Year 6 CE
Crucifixion, inflicting death by tying or nailing a victim to a wooden cross, was already in use during the Persian period but reached its infamous pinnacle during Roman Rule.
In Year 6, when Roman Emperor Augustus annexed the then-client kingdom of Judea into the Roman Empire, Judas the Galilean led a resistance group known as the Zealots to fight against the Romans. The revolt ended in the crucifixion of his two sons, James and Simon, by Roman procurator Tiberius Alexander (Josephus, Antiquities 20.5.2).
Josephus, The Jewish War, 2.8.1
"Under his (Coponius') administration it was, that a certain Galilean, whose name was Judas, prevailed with his countrymen to revolt, and said they (the Jews) were cowards, if they would endure to pay a tax to the Romans, and would, after G-d, submit to mortal men as their lords.”
Overview
In the Year 6, Roman Emperor Augustus annexed what was then a client kingdom of Judea into the Roman Empire. Judas the Galilean opposed paying taxes to the Roman government and led a resistance group known as the Zealots to fight against the Romans. The revolt which ended in the crucifixion of his two sons, James and Simon, by Roman procurator Tiberius Alexander (Josephus, Antiquities 20.5.2).
Josephus, The Jewish War, 2.8.1
“And now (Herod) Archelaus’s part of Judea was reduced into a province, and Coponius, one of the equestrian order among the Romans, was sent as a procurator, having the power of [life and] death put into his hands by Cæsar. Under his administration it was, that a certain Galilean, whose name was Judas, prevailed with his countrymen to revolt, and said they (the Jews) were cowards, if they would endure to pay a tax to the Romans, and would, after God, submit to mortal men as their lords.”
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