133 CE

Bar Kokhba Revolt: Sextus Julius Severus, Roman governor of Britain, is sent to Judea (in 136 renamed Syria Palaestina) to quell the revolt. Jewish rebels, led by Simon bar Kokhba and Eleazar, cut off the vital supply lines and Roman garrisons in Palestine. Despite Roman reinforcements from Syria and Egypt, they establish an independent state in Judea.

In the 130s, the 2nd century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Bar Kokhba Revolt: Sextus Julius Severus, Roman governor of Britain, is sent to Judea (in 136 renamed Syria Palaestina) to quell the revolt. Jewish rebels, led by Simon bar Kokhba and Eleazar, cut off the vital supply lines and Roman garrisons in Palestine. Despite Roman reinforcements from Syria and Egypt, they establish an independent state in Judea.source

Births

  • January 30 – Didius Julianus, Roman emperor (according to Cassius Dio) (died 193)source
  • Athenagoras of Athens, Greek Christian apologist (died 190)source

Deaths

  • Cyriacus, bishop of Jerusalem (approximate date)source