{"slug": "syria-palaestina", "label": "Syria Palaestina", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_Palaestina", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1669578", "qid": "Q1669578", "description": "Province of the Roman Empire (132–390 CE)", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [133, 365], "span_label": ["133 CE", "365 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "jews", "label": "Jews", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "caesar-title", "label": "Caesar (title)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "judea", "label": "Judea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "galilee", "label": "Galilee", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "croatia", "label": "Croatia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantius-ii", "label": "Constantius II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-britain", "label": "Roman Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt-roman-province", "label": "Egypt (Roman province)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 133, "year_label": "133 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267079085#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 133", "revid": 1267079085, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 136, "year_label": "136 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Following the Bar Kokhba revolt, Emperor Hadrian expels the Jews from Judea, and receives a triumphal arch near Scythopolis. The Roman province of Iudaea (plus Galilee) becomes Syria Palaestina (the name Palestine as a designation for this land has been used since at least the 5th century BC (mentioned by Herodotus)).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335665818#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 136", "revid": 1335665818, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 200, "year_label": "200 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Septimius Severus visits the provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Arabia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377327#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 200", "revid": 1371377327, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 351, "year_label": "351 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine. The Roman garrison in the town of Diocesarea is wiped out.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1314902602#Roman_Empire", "title": "351", "revid": 1314902602, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 352, "year_label": "352 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Constantius Gallus sends his general (magister equitum) Ursicinus to forcefully put down the Jewish revolt in Palestine. The rebels destroy the cities Diopolis and Tiberias, while Diocesarea is razed to the ground. Ursicinus gives the order to kill thousands of Jews, even children. After the revolt, a permanent garrison is stationed in Galilee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279672452#Roman_Empire", "title": "352", "revid": 1279672452, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 354, "year_label": "354 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Constantius II recalls his Caesar (and cousin) Constantius Gallus to Constantinople after hearing unfavorable reports about him. Gallus, Caesar of the East, has suppressed revolts in Syria Palaestina and central Anatolia. Constantius strips him of his powers and later has him executed in Pola (Croatia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267529595#Roman_Empire", "title": "354", "revid": 1267529595, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 365, "year_label": "365 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – An earthquake and tsunami devastate Crete and Alexandria and affects Italy, Greece, and Palestine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1286254673#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 365", "revid": 1286254673, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}