Why Did Jewish People Hate The Romans

Jew were considered an ethnic group of people within the Roman empire, whose religious ways and how they practiced them set them apart from other groups. The Roman Empire would set decrees that allowed the Jewish people to continue to practice their religion, plus they had to pay taxes for the temple that was in Jerusalem. Even though the Jews could practice their faith there were still a lot of resentment and friction among the Jews toward Rome (Jews, 1998, pg. 171). There were other issues that caused the Jewish people to hate the Romans, such as, the corruption of local and senate government, their taxes not bring brought back into their local economy, but instead going to the elite class of people (Oates, 2018).
Pilate was a Roman
leader that ruled the area of where the Jews lived, and he did not like the Jewish people. Pilate and the Emperor Tiberius both shared the same hate for the Jews and started the implementation of a new cult, which was to replace the Jews religion. This did not set well with the Jewish people since they were very strong in their faith and to God (Oates, 2018). When Rome had taken over Egypt, the Romans took away rights of the Jews in Alexandria and would burn their synagogues, shops were looted of their contents, and those that were not killed were herded up and required to live in unfit conditions. Therefore, the Jews had enough of the abuse from the Roman Empire, hence, they would revolt against the Romans in the area. This led to the Jewish revolt that started in 66 A.D. and would continue until 70 A.D. The Jews drove out the Romans from Judaea for a short time, but the Roman army would capture the city of Jerusalem in 70 A.D (Jews, 1998, pg. 172).
Once the Roman captured the city of Jerusalem, they would burn the city, destroyed the temple, and took what Jews were left alive were taken back to Rome to be enslaved or sold as slaves. During the Jewish revolt, it is estimated that over one million Jews lost their lives, with an unknown amount of those that were enslaved (Oates, 2018).

References:

Jews. (1998). In C. Moulton (Ed.), Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students (Vol. 2, pp. 171-172). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com.bethelu.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/CX2897200247/GVRL?u=tel_a_bethelc&sid=GVRL&xid=38d8d5b9

Oates, H. (2018). The Great Jewish Revolt of 66 CE. [online] Ancient History Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.ancient.eu/article/823/the-great-jewish-revolt-of-66-ce/ [Accessed 27 Jan. 2018].