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Selected Exhibits from the Late Roman Period
| Bar Kochba Revolt |
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The Jewish yearning for independence continued even after the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE; but the Bar Kochba Revolt (132-135 CE), like its predecessor, was another failed attempt to restore Jewish sovereignty in Jerusalem. In their cave refuges in the hills and desert of Judea, the rebels minted Roman coins with the facade of the old Temple and the name ''Jerusalem''. |
An enlarged replica of a silver coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt
(132-135 CE).
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Aelia Capitolina- A pagan city |
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Hadrian, one of the more enlightened Roman emperors (117-138 CE), turned Jerusalem into a Roman colony, called Aelia Capitolina. On the Temple Mount a temple to Jupiter was erected. All traces of Jewish life in Jerusalem were wiped out. |
A replica of the bust of the Roman emperor Hadrian,
founder of Aelia Capitolina. | |
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The Cardo of Roman Jerusalem |
| The Cardo Maximus was the main thoroughfare of Aelia Capitolina, a typically Roman colonnaded street that led from the city's northern gate to the forum. Near the street was a temple dedicated to Venus. |
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Drawing of the Cardo of Roman Jerusalem. |
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