TY - JOUR
TI - Jerusalem and the Bar Kokhba Revolt Again: A Note
AU - Almagor, Eran
TI - Jerusalem and the Bar Kokhba Revolt Again: A Note
AB - This note examines again the overall significance of Jerusalem within the Bar Kokhba revolt. It does so firstly by suggesting a better way to read our texts: Cassius Dio (69.12.1–4) wrote in a partially thematic way, and Eusebius (HE 4.6.1–4) merged several sources together, so that there is no real difference between the two texts in terms of the sequence of the revolt and the establishment of the colony Aelia Capitolina. Secondly, the examination of other sources, different types of evidence and several traditions, may suggest that the Roman reconstruction works in the city did not finish before the revolt, but in fact were halted by it, even without assuming that the rebels actually controlled Jerusalem.
VL - 2019
IS - Volume 26
PY - 2019
SN - 1897-3426
C1 - 2084-3909
SP - 141
EP - 157
DO - 10.4467/20800909EL.19.009.11212
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/electrum/article/jerusalem-and-the-bar-kokhba-revolt-again-a-note-1
KW - Bar Kokhba
KW - Jerusalem
KW - Aelia Capitolina
KW - Hadrian
KW - Cassius Dio
KW - Eusebius
KW - Epiphanius
KW - Pausanias
KW - Appian
KW - numismatics