When the Roman emperor Hadrian ascended to power in A.D. 117, he inherited a state in crisis. Trajan, his predecessor, had stretched the Roman Empire to its furthest reaches through aggressive ...
Editor: In the year 132 CE, Roman Emperor Hadrian sent his legions to Judea. By 136 CE there was no more Judea and the Jews that were not killed or sold into slavery were expelled. The land was ...