CLA160H1 Lecture : CLA 310 L11.21
Document Summary
Cla 310 religion in the roman world: dunning. 66-71 ad ~73 ad, 1st jewish revolt under nero. Nero suicide, year of the 4 emperors, vespasian as emperor (general before), successor son titus. Temple destroyed , the symbol of priestly authority thus no more sacred place trade also occur here sacrifice, certain rituals can only happen in the temple, now they can"t anymore. Actually ok in doing it in behalf of the emperor taxed for this but not ok with sacrificing to emperor or jupiter. Jews also excused from participating in the army - tax levied instead- situation before the revolt. After revolt, jews seen as perverse and ungrateful to the privileges e. g. , the sabbath an excuse to be lazy not religious demand. Silver taken from the temple in response to the 1st movement of the revolt angered jews more. Settled in places where they were once minorities.
