Language:
German
Year of publication:
1996
Titel der Quelle:
Gymnasium; Zeitschrift für Kultur der Antike und humanistische Bildung
Angaben zur Quelle:
103,2 (1996) 107-126
Keywords:
Tacitus, Cornelius
;
Jews History
Abstract:
Tacitus, who described other enemies of Rome briefly and neutrally, devoted a long excursus to the Jews, their history and mores, outdoing in vituperation all other classical historians and his own sources. Comments that after the fall of Judea in 70 CE there seemed to be no longer any reason for such antagonism to the Jews. But Tacitus warned of the danger they posed to Rome because of their fecundity, their proselytizing, their solidarity, and their hopes - expressed not only in apocalyptic literature but in the daily prayers - for the restoration of their state and the downfall of Rome. The Emperor Trajan shared this view and took measures to contain Judea. The widespread Jewish uprisings of 116 and the Bar Kokhba revolt bore out Tacitus's prophecy.
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