The Bar Kokhba revolt (Hebrew: מרד בר כוכבא or mered Bar Kokhba), was a rebellion of the Jews of Judea Province, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire. Fought circa 132–136 CE, it was the last of three major Jewish–Roman wars, so it is also known as The Third Jewish–Roman War or The Third Jewish Revolt.
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| - The Bar Kokhba revolt (Hebrew: מרד בר כוכבא or mered Bar Kokhba), was a rebellion of the Jews of Judea Province, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire. Fought circa 132–136 CE, it was the last of three major Jewish–Roman wars, so it is also known as The Third Jewish–Roman War or The Third Jewish Revolt.
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| - Legio IX Hispanapossibly destroyed
- Legio X Fretensis– sustained heavy casualties
- Legio XXII Deiotarianadestroyeda
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- Judea under Bar Kokhba
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| - [a]- per Cassius Dio
- [b]- according to Rabbinic sources
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| - * Jews banned from Jerusalem
- *Roman troopsannihilate Judean population
- * Suppression of Jewish religious and political authority by Hadrian
- Decisive Roman Empire victory:
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| - 200,000-400,000b Jewish militiamen
- 60,000–120,000
- Legio II Traiana
- Legio III Cyrenaica
- Legio III Gallica
- Legio V Macedonica
- Legio VI Ferrata
- Legio X Fretensis
- Legio X Gemina
- Legio XI Claudia
- Legio XII Fulminata
- Legio XXII Deiotariana
- Total 6 full legions and units from 6 more:
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